A tense interlude in Huế. LIFE Feb 16, 1968
LIFE Feb 16, 1968
LIFE Feb 16, 1968
LIFE Feb 16, 1968
Quân Bắc Việt tiến vào thành nội Huế tết Mậu Thân 1968
Huế Feb 1968
After the Battle -- "A" Co., First Battalion, First Regiment Marines leave church after successfully capturing it from North Vietnamese control during one of the bloody battles taking place in Hue. - Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons Collection
1968 Hue damage after Viet Cong attack - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
A US Marine carries a seriously wounded Vietnamese child from the ruins of a home in Hue. - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
February 1968, Hue, Vietnam --- Evacuation of wounded American troops during the battle for Hue, Vietnam's third largest city, during the Vietnam War. --- Image by © Christian Simonpietri/Sygma/Corbis
03 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- A marine machine gun position overlooks a part of the old imperial capital of Hue here, during a house-to-house battle with Viet Cong. American spokesmen said the Communist had lost more than 15,000 dead since they started their sneak offensive. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
01 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Vietnamese Refugees Fleeing --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
01 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- US Marines Standing on Hue Streets --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
01 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- 2/1/1968-Hue, South Vietnam: Civlians carrying a white flag approach U.S. Marines, following a lull in street fighting between Allied units and the Viet Cong. Many civilians were driven from their homes in the bloody street fighting in this ancient city. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
02 Mar 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- A Final Farewell. Hue, South Vietnam: A bereaved South Vietnamese family watches as a grave is dug for a relative here. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
01 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- View of Dead Vietnamese by Tank --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
February 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Wounded Vietnamese Trooper and Woman Passing Marines --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
03 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Vietnamese Man Walking with US Marines at Wall --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
04 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Captured Viet Cong prisoner as American troops continue the house-to-house battle, the price in wounded and dead is barbarous, information on enemy strongpoints is vital, but the Viet Cong prisoners do not give up easily. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
13 Mar 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Communist Mine Wounds Children. Hue, South Vietnam: A medic of the 82nd Airborne binds the wounds of a Vietnamese girl injured when a group of children accidentally tripped a Viet Cong mine intended for U.S. vehicles. The child's sister tries to comfort her. A number of other children were also injured in the explosion two miles south of Hue. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
03 Feb 1968, Hue --- Terrified Vietnamese Civilians in City of Hue 1968 --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
06 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- U.S. Marines hold a Viet Cong flag they ripped down from atop the Thua Thien Province headquarters, and then replaced it with the stars and stripes. The leathernecks recaptured the Communist stronghold after seven days of street fighting. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
2/10/1968-Hue, South Vietnam- A sobbing Vietnamese girl hobbles down a Hue Street after being treated for wounds she suffered when her home came under fire in battle between well-entrenched communist forces and US Marines trying to root them out. Them communists have shown their greatest tenacity of the current offensive at Hue. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
11 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- With a wounded baby in her arms, an elderly Vietnamese woman makes a plea for help as she arrives at a U.S. Marine aid station. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
11 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- South Vietnamese Woman Carrying Her Wounded Son --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
07 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Residents of Hue, South Vietnam sift through the rubble of their destroyed homes after a week of fighting in the Vietnam War. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
13 Mar 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Children Trip Viet Cong Mine. Hue, South Vietnam: Two miles south of here March 9th, a group of Vietnamese children accidentally tripped a Viet Cong mine meant to blow up vehicles carrying 82nd Airborne troops into Hue. Here a member of the 82nd stands near site of the blast while Vietnamese woman in foreground tries to aid her husband injured by mine fragments. A number of the children also were seriously injured in the explosion. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
13 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese troopers on street with refugees soon to be evacuated. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
13 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- U.S Marines eat a bowl of rice which was served to them by a South Vietnamese woman. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
19 Feb 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- U.S. Marine medics treat the head wound of a North Vietnamese soldier who was found below an outer citadel wall. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Hue damage after Viet Cong attack - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
19 Feb 1968, South Vietnam --- A mother clutches her child as she makes her way through the crowds of refugees, crossing the wreckage of a bridge, on the Perfume River. --- Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
Huế - Tết Mậu Thân 1968
Huế - Tết Mậu Thân 1968
Huế - Tết Mậu Thân 1968
Huế - Tết Mậu Thân 1968
Huế - Tết Mậu Thân 1968
ARVN Forces and civilians aid a woman wounded in Hue during the communist Tet offensive in the imperial city - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
A U.S. Marine machine gunner fires on communists positions across the Perfume River in the imperial city of Hue - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Thành cổ Huế đổ nát tan tành trong trận đánh tết Mậu Thân 1968
Cửa Hiển Nhơn trong trận chiến Tết Mậu Thân 1968
Civilians run to escape enemy fire during the 26-day battle for Hue Citadel - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Refugees fled from communist-controlled areas of the city... - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
1968 Refugees crossing the Perfume River at Truong Tien Bridge outside of Hue - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Refugees fled from communist-controlled areas of the city
Hue- Aftermath (June 1968) Bridge still down but much else rebuilt. MACV compond is in lower left corner, Citadel bastions on other side of Perfume River - Peter Braestrup Collection
Colonel Lê Văn Thận, young and competent mayor of Hue and chief of Thừa Thiên Province is the sparkplug behind the rehabilitation of Huế following the communists' February 1968 attack. He is a native of Hà Đông, 20 kilometers from Hanoi. - photo by Francois Sully
Victory At Hue - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Victory At Hue - 1968 Exuberant soldiers unfurl their national colors on the south wall of the Citadel, overlooking the Perfume River - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Vietnamese soldiers celebrate their victory over the North Vietnamese invaders of Hue with the raising of their national colors on the 200-foot flag pole - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Victory At Hue - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Hue Flagpole at old citadel
Bia chiến sĩ trận vong phía trước trường Quốc Học
The Old Imperial Palace of the Vietnamese Emperors at Hue City - Tommy Carver Collection
Hue Railroad Station - Curtis Knapp Collection
Hue refugees, people in front of building - Louis Weisner Collection
Hue refugees, people in front of building - Louis Weisner Collection
Students arriving in Hue to help with the refugee work. Mar. 1968 - Photo by Francois Sully
An old woman and daughter evacuating Hue, Mar. 1968 - Photo by Francois Sully
Hue 1968 - Nguyen Van Winkle
Ông lão này tại một ngôi làng gần Huế há hốc miệng ngạc nhiên khi biết được về cuộc tổng tấn công thành phố Huế trong tháng trước đó. Ngôi làng của ông đã bị cắt đứt với thế giới vì các hoạt động của quân địch và không nghe biết gì về những tin tức xảy ra trước đó.
Hue, South Vietnam --- Refugees whose homes had been wrecked during the bloody 25-day battle for this ancient imperial city start building a crude shelter here.
Hue, South Vietnam --- Residents, refugees and soldiers file through the messy ruins of a street in Hue. The crowd came to inspect the damage after South Vietnamese troops blasted their way through a gate of the Imperial Palace to win the bloody 25-day battle for the ancient imperial city. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
22 Mar 1968, Hue, South Vietnam --- Bridging a River. Hue, South Vietnam: When the Communists retreated across the Perfume River during the recent battle for Hue, they blew up the bridge as they went. Once the city calmed down after the Allies regained control, a set of temporary bridges on pontoons was built across the downed middle section of the span. Here, Vietnamese start their trip from the old section of Hue to the new by walking down the shattered span. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Hue Massacre Major Body Finds. MAP12090311 Vietnam Archive Map Collection - Vietnam Center and Archive
Hue 1969 - Dedication - The white obelisk, a memorial to the PSDF members of Thua Thien Province killed while defending their fellow villagers - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Populace watches as officials arrange coffins in front of memorial obelisk. 14 October 1969 - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Lễ cải táng các nạn nhân tết Mậu Thân 1968 tại Huế
Than khóc khi tìm được xác người thân bị tàn sát dịp Tết Mậu Thân 1968 tại Huế
People assembled on hillside to mourn Tet Offensive victims. 04 October 1969 - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Family and friends prepare the body of Mr. Le Ngoc Ky, 50, a prominent citizen of Hue and leader of the influential Quoc Dan Dang political party. He left 10 children. - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
1969 - Label on the shrouded remains of a Tet Offensive victim describing teeth, color of hair, foot wear, and other possessions found with the body. - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
1971 Shrouded remains of Tet Offensive victims prepared for reburial. - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Weeping Women -- Two grieving women walk through a school yard where remains of 250 victims found in a mass grave near Hue were spread for identification - Douglas Pike Photograph Collection
Rows of coffins of victims of the 1968 Tet Viet Cong offensive. Bereaved relatives mourn their dead during mass funeral of 250 persons killed by Viet cong. Funeral was held October 1969 as bodies were only recently discovered. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Rows of coffins of victims of the 1968 Tet Viet Cong offensive.
