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...snub-nosed .38 revolver aimed at Bay Lop's temple and the grimace on his face are etched into the memory of every American who read a newspaper in 1968. His summary execution by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of South Vietnam's national police, during the second day of the 1968 Tet offensive in Saigon altered U.S. public opinion about what was at stake in the war as much as any other event did. A quarter-century later, the victim's widow Nguyen Thi Lop, 60, lives in a decrepit house on the outskirts of what is now called...
...offensive was a gamble by the communist leadership in Hanoi to break the momentum of the U.S. war effort. "The American military was so huge we could not possibly destroy it, so we had to destroy America's will to fight," says legendary military strategist General Vo Nguyen Giap, who served as North Vietnam's Defense Minister in 1968. "And by that measure, the Tet offensive * succeeded." America's leaders had convinced their public that the war against communism was being won at a reasonable cost. Tet shattered that myth...
...Andy D. Nguyen '94, uses a cap even when he does take a shower...
...just got out of the shower," says Nguyen, donning a red Harvard hat with a black...
...Nguyen said he will emphasize "leadership, teamwork and greater delegation," in an attempt to further heal the publication. He plans to hold race, gender and sexual orientation sensitivity workshops, and to appoint an ombudsperson to mediate internal conflicts...