This 1968 slide captures a U.S. military airfield during the Tet Offensive, the coordinated wave of surprise attacks launched by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces against South Vietnamese and American installations beginning January 30, 1968. The distant smoke plume rising over the base -- visible beyond its control tower, radar domes, and parked Huey helicopter -- bears witness to the intensity of fighting that struck airbases across South Vietnam during this turning-point campaign of the war. Project: 218418