Allan Carn Wendt

AP BOOK EXCERPT: The Tet Offensive's first 36 hours

• Inside the embassy, the duty officer, 32-year-old Allan Wendt, was asleep in a cot in room 433 on the fourth floor of the embassy when the attack began. He later recalled, Suddenly the building was hit by a loud explosion. Automatic weapons fire broke out and rockets began to thud into the buildingWhen Westmoreland arrived at the scene soon afterwards, anxious to return to a scene of normality, he instructed Allan Wendt to have the embassy cleaned up and the employees back at work by noon. Wendt said later, This was quite unrealistic. Fighting was raging all over the city. At mid-morning, t
• Date: Jan 31, 2018
• Category: World
• Source: Google