Join us to hear Richard Camp (Col. Ret.) recount his experience while serving in Vietnam during the 1968 TET Offensive.

“The '68 TET offensive began with a barrage of artillery fire on the afternoon of 21 January. At that moment, the far-off "pop" of incoming rounds sent me racing to a trench a few feet from my above ground bunker. Within minutes a stretcher party loped past carrying one of my Marines, who had been struck by a piece of shrapnel. For the next three months my days were spent dodging artillery, mortar and rocket rounds, while preparing for an expected North Vietnamese assault.”

Dick Camp, an active military historian, is a retired Marine colonel, having served as an officer for 26 years. He is the former director of operations for the National Museum of the Marine Corps, former deputy director and director (acting) of the Marine Corps History Division, and a prolific author of 14 books, all of which are military-oriented.