Battle of Lang Vei begins in South Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 6 1968)


Video: 'Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War - Tet! [7/13]' (Battle of Lang Vei at 25:47)

(Tuesday, February 6, 1968, 11:30 p.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Communist North Vietnamese forces attacked the U.S. Special Forces Camp at Lang Vei late tonight in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, just six miles west of the Battle of Khe Sanh.