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Email question:
How was Khe Sanh resupplied when it was surrounded?
During the period from January 21 until April 8, 1968, Air Force C-130's made 273 landings at Khe Sanh, 496 container drops, 52 LAPES and 15 GPES deliveries. These accounted for over 90 percent of the 12,430 tons of supplies delivered by the Air Force. Over 8,000 tons of the total amount were delivered by parachuting, as early as March 15 the number of supply drops into Khe Sanh exceeded the total for all of Vietnam up to that time.
U S Air Force records / Supply drops Khe Sanh 21 Jan 68 - 08 April 68
George T. Curtis (RIP. 9/17/2005)
Posted : 2003-10-05 14:40
That's amazing because, of all the times I watched these guys do thier thing to get supplies into Khe Sanh, I guess I never looked at the name on the side of the aircraft. I just assumed that they were Marine C-130's. It certainly does not diminish my respect for the guys who flew these dangerous missions, Air Force or Marine.
Robbie aka "Grump"
Posted : 2003-10-08 03:10
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I do not know if they did the air drops. I do agree that the Marine C-130s were a huge part also, Please see
http://www.spectrumwd.com/c130/articles/khesanh.htm
George T. Curtis (RIP. 9/17/2005)
Posted : 2003-10-08 07:43
