“I’m living on borrowed time,” is how a former GI describes his incredible luck in surviving the 1968 Tet Offensive, the turning point of the Vietnam War. Fifty years later, he and a buddy relive the bloody attack that found them under siege in a house in the city of Hue. Their small unit fought a pitched battle against the Viet Cong until forced out by flames. Dodging heavy enemy fire, the two soldiers escaped in opposite directions — split-second decisions that would impact the rest of their lives. Today, well into retirement years but still bonded by the experience, they remain grateful to have survived a conflict that killed so many brothers in arms. We doubt you’ll hear a war story with two such different twists.
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