Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base | |||||||
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Part of the Tet offensive of the Vietnam War | |||||||
VC/PAVN dead at Tan Son Nhut | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States South Vietnam |
Viet Cong North Vietnam | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Carl Bender Glenn K. Otis Colonel Cuong | Colonel Nam Truyền | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
377th Security Police Squadron 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment Task Force 35 (ad hoc Army units) 2nd Service Battalion 8th Airborne Battalion |
1st Battalion, 271st Regiment 267th Main Force Battalion 269th Main Force Battalion D-16 Battalion | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
22 killed 29 killed[1]: 92 |
U.S./ARVN body count: 669+ killed 26 captured[1][2]: 148 |
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The attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base, headquarters of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) 7th Air Force, occurred during the early hours of 31 January 1968. Tan Son Nhut Air Base was one of the major air bases used for offensive air operations within South Vietnam and for the support of United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ground operations. The attack by Vietcong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces was one of several major attacks on Saigon in the first days of the Tet offensive. The attack was repulsed with the VC/PAVN suffering heavy losses; only superficial damage was done to the base.
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