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Some joined in fierce combat with the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in and around Saigon and Hue during the Tet Offensive.

Our mandate for the television series was to let these men tell stories of their life in battle: under siege at Khe Sanh, in ambush at the battle of the la Drang Valley, and during the Tet Offensive, the air war, the secret war, and the fall of Saigon.

When the Tet Offensive broke loose without warning in Saigon, these were the men in combat on the ever moving, always dangerous front lines in the narrow, cluttered city streets.

During Tet in Saigon and Hue, wherever Americans came under attack, especially at la Drang, where the action was so intense it defied reason, and in Khe Sanh where the siege went on for nearly three months, tedium was hardly the problem.

Med at Dong Ha was handling casualties from Hue City as a result of the Tet battle there.

During Tet they played a crucial role defending their positions when they battled at the American embassy in Saigon, inside the alleys, and on the streets of the cities.

All this happened during the planned and agreed-on cease-fire for Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.

The experience of the Tet Offensive was the turning point for American public opinion, after which discontent and opposition grew.

Still, because of the power of television, Tet became a major psychological defeat for the United States and its ally, South Vietnam.

On the eve of Tet, because of a shortage of men, they had been working twelve-hour shifts.

I did notice about a month prior to Tet during the Christmas season, an awful lot of funerals.

When Tet started and the marines and the fighting started, my next vision of the city was total chaos.

At the time of the Tet Offensive, their assigned weapons were under lock and key.

Vietnamese were firing off fireworks to celebrate Tet, celebrating with libations.

Purcell was among the first marines to enter Hue City February 1, 1968, when the Tet Offensive was one day old.