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Title: Beowulf
Words: 2444
Eventhough the United States won most of the battles up until 1968, nothing could have prepared them for what was to happen on January 30-31, 1968. Prior to the "Tet," otherwise known as the Chinese Lunar New Year, some small battles along Rt.9 nearby Khe Sahn, had been taking place. The Tet is the same as our new years day, but instead of celebrating number years, they celebrate years of different animals, such as, 1968 was the year of the monkey. After two weeks of silence, American scouts discovered North Vietnamese camps with over eighty'thousand Communist troops. The Americans did nothing to prepare for a battle in which was almost impossible not to be known about. On the eve of the Tet, Communist forces began an assault on Khe Sahn, and many other north ...
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