New Website Photos If you have not passed through our web site Photos Bunker recently, I promise it will be a great new adventure.  Please find it at: (khesanh.vet/home/khe-sanh-photo-album/ Earlier…

What’s Next? As our band of Khe Sanh Brothers glides gracefully (well- sorta) into our 80th year of surviving, one thing is becoming abundantly clear: “Looks like none of us…

Taking Care Of Our Own Big Sister Program Tragically, but not unexpectedly, we are losing our members at an alarming rate.  Many leave behind wives, children and grandchildren as the…

Red Clay II – New Articles We all miss getting our quarterly fix when another edition of Red Clay arrived in the mail. Tommy, Ernie and other editors, poured their…

Red Clay Magazines- Our Digital Afterlife In our prior Short Round newsletter, we discussed how we found a proper and permanent home for every physical copy of our Red Clay…

Red Clay Paper Magazines Get A Home In the prior Short Round newsletter, we discussed how LtGen Charles Chiarotti and the Marine Corps Association (MCA) pointed us in the right…

Preserving All  Hard Copy Red Clay Magazines- The Saga Continues In the prior Short Round newsletter, we discussed how we were able to scan and digitize our physical collection of…

Digitizing All Red Clay Magazines- The Saga Continues In Short Round edition # 028, we discussed how, after Tommy’s passing, we were able to collect all of the Red Clay…

Collecting All Red Clay Magazines- The Saga After Tommy’s passing, it was obvious that we had to do something to collect and preserve all of the Red Clay magazines ever…

We just received the attached document from: United States Marine Corps Marine Corps University Marine Corps History Division Quantico, VA It is the Deed Of Gift for every single Red…

Lao Bao and Co Roc Everyone who spent time at Khe Sanh, especially during the months surrounding the Siege, will never forget the name Co Roc.  That geographic border feature…

A MedEvac Story After a while, we began to take MedEvac missions as something ordinary and to be expected. But virtually every one of them was an individual story of…

Reunion 2026 Preview Hotel Information: The 2026 Khe Sanh Veterans Reunion will be held in San Antonio, TX. The dates for this years KSV Reunion are September 13 thru 20, three…

War Has Changed I simply have to share the attached two analyses of how the Ukrainians have overcome so much in the defense of their homeland.  No idea if they…

A Heroic Event Remembered (Thank you Mike Fishbaugh) It was in such a bunker that Dr. Feldman received Pfc. Robert Mussari who was brought in with a live 81mm shell…

Khe Sanh Veterans, Inc. Scholarship Fund 2026 January 1, 2026 begins a new season for the Scholarship Fund. Your kind patience during the 2025 pause was much appreciated by the…

Your Web Site Grows It is simply remarkable how much new information is available on your new website (khesanh.vet). There has been a ton written about the battle. Some of…

STARS & STRIPES Agent Orange linked to rare blood cancer that develops over decades By Linda F, Hersey Stars and Stripes • December 9, 2025 WASHINGTON — Vietnam War veterans…

Message / Discussion Board We just received the question below from KSVet William Boan.  Answering his inquiry, and more like it, is one of the main reasons we have invested…

Red Clay II Articles No one is quite sure how, but Tommy always seemed to find enough great articles to fill the Red Clay magazines every quarter. As did all…

2025 Vietnam Memorial Veterans Day Ceremonies, Washington, DC This year on Veterans Day 2025, Khe Sanh Veterans continued the legacy of laying a wreath during the annual Veterans Day Ceremonies…

In Her Father’s Footsteps Following is a short message from Melissa Georgesen, daughter of a KSV Fallen Member, Kenneth Martin (1948-2015),  Her run honored him and other Marines: On October…

KSV 2025 Reunion Recap From Russ Turner – President I would like to provide an update for members who were unable to attend the recent Reunion. The event was highly…

From Your President: A Birthday Tribute to Marine Corps Veterans Honoring Courage, Sacrifice, and Brotherhood On this 250th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, I extend my deepest gratitude…

Red Clay Magazines- Every Single One Your new KSV website khesanh.vet is full of just tons of great materials.  We believe the hallmark feature is digitally providing you every single…

Khe Sanh Veterans Short Round Newsletter #011    Honoring Our Fallen And Their Families. We have no higher obligation and duty.  For decades, we have honored our Khe Sanh Fallen…

Khe Sanh Veterans Short Round Newsletter #010 KSV Scholarships The KSV Scholarship Program is one of the most important things we do as an organization. By helping the direct relatives…

Khe Sanh Veterans Short Round Newsletter #009    Your Photos, Please Every picture is worth 1,000 words.  In our case, every Khe Sanh photo taken has a story that is…

Khe Sanh Veterans Short Round Newsletter #008 KSV Member Communications As much as it pains us, we are now forced to use group emails and texts to stay in contact…

Reunion 2025 Grab your beach blanket and sunscreen and join us for the 2025 KSV Reunion!  We are gearing up for a fun time at the superb Holiday Inn Resort,…

Refurbished Message Board We have been agonizing about whether or not to include the prior message board on our new KSV website. It has been an “open access” message board…

Help Desk Kathy is organizing a group of volunteers to not only forward all incoming email appropriately (Short Round 004), but to also serve as our “Help Desk Team”. This…

KSV Members Private Email Using Our KSV Private (Email) Mailbox: admin@khesanh.vet Amazingly, in our lifetimes, the digital world has migrated from punch cards to ubiquitous Internet and social media.  When…

KSV Leadership Team- Help Needed With Tommy’s passing, all of our leadership team is going to have to carry a heavier load. We have just added several “Managers” to our…

Moving Forward II With Tommy’s passing, we have his boots to fill and a lot more. The only way to do this is to share the load.  In addition to…

Moving Forward Welcome to your new Khe Sanh Veterans “Short Rounds”.  Approximately weekly, we will send you a few paragraphs of interesting information about KSV.  And maybe an article or…