gay dennis

             For several thousand years, Vietnamese Lunar New Year has been a
             traditional celebration that brings the Vietnamese a sense of
             happiness, hope and peace. However, in recent years, It also
             bring back a bitter memory full of tears. It reminds them the
             1968 bloodshed, a bloodiest military campaign of the Vietnam War
             the North Communists launched against the South.
             The "general offensive and general uprising" of the north marked
             the sharp turn of the Vietnam War. Today there have been a great
             number of writings about this event. However, it seems that many
             key facts in the Communist campaign are still misinterpreted or
             In the mid-80, living in Saigon after being released from the
             Communist "re-education camp," I read a book published in the
             early 1980's in America about the story of the 1968 Tet
             Offensive. It said that the North Vietnamese Army supreme command
             had imitated one of the greatest heroes of Vietnam, King Quang
             Trung, who won the most spectacular victory over the Chinese
             aggressors in the 1789 counter-attack - in planning the 1968
             The book quoted King Quang Trung's tactic of surprise. He let the
             troops celebrate the 1789 Tet Festival one day ahead so that he
             could launch the attacks on the first three days of the lunar new
             year while the Chinese troops were still feasting and not ready
             Those who claimed the similarity between the two campaigns
             certainly did not know the whole truth, but jumped into
             conclusion with wild imagination after learning that the North
             Vietnamese attacking units also celebrated Tet "one day ahead"
             In fact, the Tet Offensive broke out on the Tet's Eve - in the
             early morning of January 30, 1968 at many cities of Central
             Vietnam, such as Da Nang and Qui Nhon, as well as cities in the
             central coastal and highland areas, that lied within the
             Communist 5th Military Region.. The other cities to the south
             that included Saigon, were attacked 24 hours la...

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