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Vietnam: A Television History - Tet, 1968
Moving Image Item Number: 1480VI1733
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General William Westmoreland, U.S. Commander in Vietnam, sounded a note of optimism on November 231, 1967. ^D<'A new phase is now starting. We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.^D>' North Vietnam was also thinking about new beginnings. In late January, 1968-on the eve of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year-a coordinated, nationwide offensive of Viet Cong and Northern troops struck the major cities of South Vietnam, shocking the American public. The U.S. Embassy in Saigon was also a target of attack. Hue, the former capital city of South Vietnam was held for 25 days, and became the location of a counter-assault, leading to the heaviest fighting of the entire offensive. ^D<'Tet, 1968^D>' examines the offensive and its political consequences for President Lyndon Johnson. HarryMcPherson, then counsel to the President, recalls cable traffic from Saigon reporting a decisive Viet Cong defeat, yet domestic television reports showed desperate battles in the streets of Saigon and other cities. ^D<'There were awful contradictions^DELIt was very disturbing.^D>' Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk elaborates upon how a military defeat became ^D<'a brilliant political victory for them [the communists] here in the U.S^DEL ^D<' Clark Clifford, a staunch Johnson supporter and former Secretary of Defense, tells how he and other ^D<'secret doves^D>' collaborated, persuading the President to disengage U.S. forces from Southeast Asia. On March 31, 1698, Johnson delivered a conciliatory speech. He also announced he would not see re-election that year. Although Americans fought in Vietnam for five more years, Tet marked the end of the U.S. policy of military escalation in Vietnam.
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Collection: R. Mike Womack Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 06 Jan 2005 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
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General William Westmoreland, U.S. Commander in Vietnam, sounded a note of optimism on November 231, 1967. ^D<'A new phase is now starting. We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.^D>' North Vietnam was also thinking about new beginnings. In late January, 1968-on the eve of Tet, the Vietnamese New Year-a coordinated, nationwide offensive of Viet Cong and Northern troops struck the major cities of South Vietnam, shocking the American public. The U.S. Embassy in Saigon was also a target of attack. Hue, the former capital city of South Vietnam was held for 25 days, and became the location of a counter-assault, leading to the heaviest fighting of the entire offensive. ^D<'Tet, 1968^D>' examines the offensive and its political consequences for President Lyndon Johnson. HarryMcPherson, then counsel to the President, recalls cable traffic from Saigon reporting a decisive Viet Cong defeat, yet domestic television reports showed desperate battles in the streets of Saigon and other cities. ^D<'There were awful contradictions^DELIt was very disturbing.^D>' Former Secretary of State Dean Rusk elaborates upon how a military defeat became ^D<'a brilliant political victory for them [the communists] here in the U.S^DEL ^D<' Clark Clifford, a staunch Johnson supporter and former Secretary of Defense, tells how he and other ^D<'secret doves^D>' collaborated, persuading the President to disengage U.S. forces from Southeast Asia. On March 31, 1698, Johnson delivered a conciliatory speech. He also announced he would not see re-election that year. Although Americans fought in Vietnam for five more years, Tet marked the end of the U.S. policy of military escalation in Vietnam.
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Collection: R. Mike Womack Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 06 Jan 2005 [Updated: 20 Jan 2026]
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Boston Publishing Company letter that accompanied "The Vietnam Experience: America Takes Over"
Document Item Number: 14800101003
[Number of Pages: 4]
Author(s): Robert J George
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Collection: R. Mike Womack Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 19 Apr 2005 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
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Author(s): Robert J George
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Collection: R. Mike Womack Collection
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Added: 19 Apr 2005 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
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[Number of Pages: 8]
Item Creation Date: 14 October 2000
Collection: Alfred L. Martin Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 21 Apr 2005 [Updated: 21 Apr 2005]
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Item Creation Date: 14 October 2000
Collection: Alfred L. Martin Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 21 Apr 2005 [Updated: 21 Apr 2005]
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Ripcord Casualty Report - March 12, 1970 thru July 23, 1970 - Thua Thien Province and Quang Tri Province - 101st ABN DIV
Document Item Number: 21680101001
Part A
Part B
Part C
[Number of Pages: 147]
Item Creation Date: 2000
Collection: Frederick L. Spaulding Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 06 Jun 2010 [Updated: 16 Jun 2010]
Item Creation Date: 2000
Collection: Frederick L. Spaulding Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 06 Jun 2010 [Updated: 16 Jun 2010]
Frederick L. Spaulding Collection (2168) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 21680000000
Ripcord Casualty Report from 12 March 1970 through 23 July 1970, compiled and edited by Frank Marshall and Frederick Spaulding.
Collection: Frederick L. Spaulding Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 24 Sep 2009 [Updated: 06 Jun 2010]
Collection: Frederick L. Spaulding Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 24 Sep 2009 [Updated: 06 Jun 2010]
FSB Ripcord Association Collection (1776) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 17760000000
Issues of the association newsletter, 'Ripcord Report', document the current operations of the FSB Ripcord Association.
Collection: FSB Ripcord Association Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 24 Apr 2006 [Updated: 18 Jun 2007]
Collection: FSB Ripcord Association Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 24 Apr 2006 [Updated: 18 Jun 2007]
Alfred L. Martin Collection (1456) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 14560000000
Copies of military administrative records document Alfred L. Martin's service in the United States Army from 1969 to 1974 and the 23 July 2001 issue of Sports Illustrated documents James R. (Bob) Kalsu, the only professional American athlete to be killed in the Vietnam War. Also included in the collection is a program for a Memorial Service for Kalsu, David E. Johnson, Frederick C. Raymond, and Burke Miller conducted by Battery A, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile), 11th Artillery, 101st Airborne Division and a program from a Memorial ceremony on 14 October 2000 for the men who died in the Battle of Fire Support Base Ripcord from 12 March to 23 July 1970.
Collection: Alfred L. Martin Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 17 Oct 2004 [Updated: 23 Mar 2020]
Collection: Alfred L. Martin Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 17 Oct 2004 [Updated: 23 Mar 2020]
Floyd Alexander Collection (1463) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 14630000000
Military papers, photocopied articles, artifacts, photographs and 8mm film document Floyd Alexander's tour of duty in Vietnam as a radio telephone operator (RTO) with the 101st Airborne Division at Firebase Ripcord from 1970-1971, first with B Battery, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile), 319th Artillery and then with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry.
Collection: Floyd Alexander Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 31 Oct 2004 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
Collection: Floyd Alexander Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 31 Oct 2004 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
R. Mike Womack Collection (1480) Finding Aid
Collection/Finding Aid Item Number: 14800000000
Books and VHS tapes concerning the Vietnam War, photocopies of programs from a Memorial Service for Lt. J. Robert Kalsu and a listing of the members of C Company 2nd Battalion of the 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment Association.
Collection: R. Mike Womack Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 06 Jan 2005 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
Collection: R. Mike Womack Collection
Association: FSB Ripcord Association
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Added: 06 Jan 2005 [Updated: 10 Apr 2019]
Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive
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