Video: '1968: The Execution of a Vietcong'

(Thursday, February 1, 1968, at around noon Saigon Standard Time; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Saigon’s police chief, Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, executed Nguyen Van Lem, a Viet Cong officer, with a pistol shot to the head at point-blank range today in a scene captured by news photographers. Continue reading Viet Cong prisoner executed on Saigon street 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 1 1968) →

Video: 'Tet Offensive 1968, US Embassy & Saigon fighting'

(Wednesday, January 31, 1968, 3:00 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — After some sporadic attacks on bases the day before, the Tet Offensive was unleashed this morning by forces of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army on nearly all of South Vietnam’s military bases and major cities simultaneously, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. Continue reading Main Tet Offensive operation begins in South Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1968) →

Video: 'Battle of hue'

(Tuesday, January 31, 1968, 2:33 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Tet Offensive, part of the Vietnam War, Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The Battle of Hue, one of the bloodiest and longest battles of the Vietnam War, began this morning when two battalions from the North Vietnamese army attacked the western wall of the Citadel or Imperial City, the walled in portion of Hue sitting on the north bank of the Perfume River. Continue reading Battle of Hue begins in South Vietnam 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 31 1968) →