The Battle of Khe Sanh was a brutal conflict during the Vietnam War... The Khe Sanh Combat Base was located in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, a coastal province of South Vietnam ...

Khe Sanh, in southern Vietnam ... It was the only battle in Marine Corps history in which fliers were dropped to alert civilians that troops were coming and to equally unnerve the enemy.

Former U.S. Marine and Altoona resident Fred Monahan ... attack on the American-held Hill No. 881 in the vicinity of Khe Sanh at 4 a.m. May 3, 1967 — the ensuing melee lasted about two hours.