Interview with Ngo Minh Khoi, Lieutenant in the Vietnamese Army (1981)

Interviewer: Please tell us about the Tet Offensive of 1968. What were you doing then? Ngo Minh Khoi: In 1968 I participated in the fight against the Communists in the sensitive area of Tan Son Nhut. In that year, it must be said that it was an unbelievable surprise. But, in reality, the groups of Communists which used the human wave tactic to surge into Tan Son Nhut were all met with defeat. And they lost that battle. It can be said that dead bodies were numberless. And we also captured a significant amount of weapons as well as a number of prisoners of war. Interviewer: Can you describe with more detail the fighting in Tan Son Nhut ? Ngo Minh Khoi: Now, to describe the battle. When they flooded the parameters of the airfield... This was because there were four parameters in all. The first, the second, the third and the fourth parameters all had mine fields. When the Communists charged in, they ran into the mines. And the majority of them clearly was killed by the mines. And the rest was killed by the firing of the unit which was defending the sensitive area of Tan Son Nhut .