Heroic South Viet Nam Great Victories

In the generalized offensive and simultaneous uprisings in the four months from January 31 to May 31, 1968, the South Viet Nam patriotic forces inflicted heavy losses on the enemy.

• Killed, injured or captured 295,000 enemy troops (including 104,000 American and satellite troops);
• Caused to disband hundreds of thousands of puppet troops;
• Wiped out and heavily decimated 4 armoured regiments, one multi-battalion paratroop unit, 103 battalions, 463 companies and 15 motorized units;
• Downed and destroyed on the ground 3,850 aircraft; destroyed 7,500 military vehicles including 4,000 tanks and armoured cars, sunk or set ablaze 470 vessels and combat launches; blown up 490 bridges;
• Razed to the ground and forced to surrender or to withdraw more than 1,100 posts;
• Destroyed thousands of troop cantonments; ammunition stock-piles, gasoline drums and other war means.

(Excerpts from the 7th special communique of the South Viet Nam P.L.A.F. Command)

Photos:

1. P.L.A.F. fierce spearheads in the attack on the Go Ha fortified position (Quang Nam Province)
2. Saigon Youth and students in demonstrations against the Thieu Ky clique
3. Hue Railway-station shelled by P.L.A.F. artillery stationed at the park in front of Hue city Council-Chamber.
4. Gunner No 3, Nguyen van Hue, a valiant fighter of an artillery unit of the P.L.A.F. in North Quang Tri.
5. P.L.A.F. in South Trun Bo in pursuit of the enemy in the Phu Tho battle (Tuy Hoa province) on Route No 1.
6. Youths from various enemy strategic hamlets in Tay Ninh province happily join the Liberation Army to fight the U.S. aggressors, for national salvation.
7. Puppet troops carrying corpses of their clique on Saigon streets after being attacked by the P.L.A.F.
8. The “National” Stadium in Saigon shelled by the P.L.A.F. Many Americans and puppets were killed. Those who survived took to their heels.
9. U.S. aircraft in Tan Son Nhat airport (Saigon) turned into a mess of iron by P.L.A.F. shellings.
10. Wounded G.I.’s at first-aid station in Hue City.
11. Enemy tanks destroyed by the P.L.A.F. in the battle in Tri Thien Hue.
12. U.S. huge logistical base a Da Nang after the P.L.A.F. shellings.
13. U.S. airfield at Khe Sanh shelled by the P.L.A.F.
14. Panic stricken G.I.s at Khe Sanh
15. American ammunition storage at Pleiku shelled by the P.L.A.F.
16. U.S. operation “Pegasus” aimed at relieving Khe Sanh was completely defeated.
17. American Soldiers captured by the army and population of South Viet Nam in the generalized offensive and simultaneous uprisings at the beginning of Spring, 1968.
18. South Viet Nam is a huge graveyard for the U.S. aggressors.
19. What is Johnson thinking of the Viet Nam problem?