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Title: Okinawa: Tet Offensive
Channel: HISTORY on TrueVisions A23 and D48
Telecast Date & Time: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 9.00 p.m.
In the early morning hours of January 31, 1968, North Vietnamese communist troops launch a coordinated surprise attack on dozens of towns and villages across South Vietnam. It's a rare instance when Vietcong guerrillas and North Vietnamese Army regulars actually stand and fight Americans toe-to-toe. The attackers are hoping the bold offensive will spur a nation-wide uprising in the south and push U.S. forces from Vietnamese soil once and for all. Instead, the communists die by the hundreds. U.S. troops absorb the shock and beat back the assault wave with stubborn ferocity.