By: Brian Nielson Executive Editor’s note: The following article received 1st place in the 2025 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is provided through an endowment by the Colonel Charles E.  Michaels Foundation and is being given in memory of Colonel William E. Barber, USMC, who fought on Iwo Jima during World War II, and was…

On January 2, 1968, 19 days before the siege of Khe Sanh began, an unusual and little-known event occurred there that may have helped prevent that Marine combat base from falling to the enemy, perhaps changing the course of the war. Captain Richard Camp was the commanding officer of Lima Company, Third Battalion, Twenty-sixth Marines,…

Early 1968: THE Prayer at Khe Sanh Faith in the Shadow of War Posted Facebook Khe Sanh Veterans November 18, 2025 The early months of 1968 marked one of the most turbulent chapters of the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive had just shattered any illusion that the conflict was nearing an end. Cities that had…