Vietnam: Air Force bombs create a curtain of flying shrapnel and debris barely 200 feet beyond the perimeter of Khe Sanh during the siege of the Marine base. Photo by Major Nguyen Ngoc Hanh/ARVN (CC BY-SA License), March 1968. Khe Sanh is the district capital of Hướng Hoá District, Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam, located 63 km west of Đông Hà. Khe Sanh Combat Base was a United States Marine Corps outpost in South Vietnam (MGRS 48QXD850418) used during the Vietnam War. The airstrip was built in September 1962. Fighting began there in late April of 1967 known as the 'Hill Fights'.

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