Timeline Tuesday 9 July 1968

Events on Tuesday 9 July 1968 1

• 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh Prolonged siege of a US Marine base in Vietnam North Vietnamese forces besieged the US Marine combat base at Khe Sanh for over two months in one of the longest and most closely watched battles of the Vietnam War. American air power eventually broke the siege, inflicting heavy North Vietnamese casualties. The base was nonetheless abandoned by US forces later in the year.