In the middle of the 1st Air Cavalry Division’s inadequately planned and poorly executed move north from Bon Son and the Que Son Valley to the area around Hue, South Vietnam erupted under the aggressive attack of the NVA’s Tet offensive. It also-and more importantly-addresses those events from his view as an experienced military officer and historian working to capture valuable lessons for future military leaders. Revised and released to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the Tet offensive, The Lost Battalion of TET recounts events as they unfold from the perspective of author Charles Krohn as a participant, serving as the battalion S-2 (intelligence officer). Those orders, handwritten on a notepad-sized piece of stationery, sent Col Richard Sweet and the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry (2/12) on a doomed mission to reach the South Vietnamese city of Hue during the North Vietnamese Army’s (NVA) Tet offensive in the spring of 1968. ![]() (2) Destroy enemy forces attempting to either reinforce or escape from Hue Citadel. ![]() Mission: (1) Seal off city on west and north with right flank based on Song Huong. The Lost Battalion of TET: Breakout of the 2/12th Cavalry at Hue by Charles A.
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