He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
City of Hue?
Bill Hollinger
"We're surrounded, that simplifies our problem!"
I seem to associate this one with the Tet offensive. Don't know why.
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
The M14during the Marine battle for Hue City, February 1968. Image: NARA
Regards, Jim
I'm sure I had that picture in a book about "Nam", and it was indeed the Tet Offensive. Most probably Hue. It was together with another more famous one of a group of Marines hiding behind a low wall with the M60 gunner firing from over it.
34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini