Subsequent to his order, B-52 Arc Light strikes originating in Guam, Okinawa, and Thailand bombed the jungles surrounding Khe Sanh into stubble fields and Khe Sanh became the major news headline coming out of Vietnam in late March 1968.
Subsequent to his order, B-52 Arc Light strikes originating in Guam, Okinawa, and Thailand bombed the jungles surrounding Khe Sanh into stubble fields. More tons of ordnance were dropped around this outpost than fell from the skies in all of World War II. Khe Sanh was the major news headline coming out of Vietnam in late March 1968.