The feared attacks never materialize at Khe Sanh or anywhere else. By the spring most of the NVA troops leave the area and so do the weary Marines, relieved by the Cav (air cavalry). The once beautiful hillsides around Khe Sanh resemble moonscapes due to the heavy bombing, shelling, defoliation, and napalm strikes.
Operation Pegasus, the relief operation for Khe Sanh, begins on April 1. The Cav builds a sprawling.....
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