The Birthday Brawl: Tankers Hold the Line at Khe Sanh

Tankers from Company B, 3rd Tank Battalion, fight their way through a NVA ambush on a road clearing operation on Route 9 near the Khe Sanh Combat Base in May, 1968. First Lieutenant Harris Himes stabbed holes around the side of an empty C-ration can. He ignited a heat tab inside and warmed his breakfast over…

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