Soldiers stand in formation on a U.S. base in South Vietnam during 1968, the year of the Tet Offensive. Ranks of troops in olive-drab fatigues and steel helmets assemble before unit flags on a dusty parade ground, flanked by prefabricated barracks and a jeep bearing the white star of U.S. military vehicles. Formal reviews and ceremonies such as this continued even amid the intensified combat operations that defined the Tet period, reflecting the routines of military life within an active combat theater. Project: 218418