“I remember that during dawn it would still be foggy and as soon as the fog burned up, they would start hitting us with mortars and artillery. North Vietnamese forces conducted a massive artillery bombardments on Khe Sanh, located just 10 miles from the Sepon River, which marked the border between Laos and South Vietnam. “There was two 881s, one 881 South and 881 North, we maintained those hills because we wanted to keep the high ground away from the North Vietnamese that overlooked Khe Sanh.” “We had Marines at Hill 661, and we had Marines at a radio relay tower, which was on Hill 950, and my company was on 881S,” said Echols. Ronald Echols, who was serving with Company M, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division on Hill 881 South.
Air Force bombers, would endure one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.Īmong the Marines defending the base was U.S.
For 77 days, the Marines and their South Vietnamese counterparts, with support from an element of U.S. In early 1968, Khe Sanh Combat Base gained world-wide attention as the roughly 6,000 Marines defending the base were encircled and besieged by three North Vietnamese Army regiments of about 20,000 troops. Marine Corps commemorates 55 years since the Battle of Khe Sanh, which lasted from January 21 to March 31, 1968.
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