Tet 1969 refers to the attacks mounted by principally North Vietnamese forces in February 1969 in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, one year after the original Tet Offensive. Most attacks centered around military targets near Saigon and Da Nang and were quickly beaten off, although the U.S. suffered heavy casualties. Some speculate that the attacks were mounted to test the will of the new American President Richard Nixon who retaliated by secretly bombing Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia the following month.

Numerous US bases were breeched, ranging in size from the huge Long Binh Army Depot near Bien Hoa to Oasis LZ. These attacks were all beaten back but did inflict casualties and reinforced the fact that Communist forces were able to mount attacks at will. AFVN announced that over 100 bases & towns had been hit during the night and 80 mortars and rockets had landed within Long Binh post, followed by a ground attack that was repulsed by US forces, 20 VC/NVA killed; 5 Americans dead, 63 wounded in the attack. Saigon also hit by rocket and mortar, and even that bastion of security up the coast, Cam Ranh Bay, got a few rockets during the night.

Specialist Four Williams distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous action on 9 March 1969, while serving as a rifleman with Company B, 2nd Battalion (Airmobile), 7th Cavalry at Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam. When his unit became heavily engaged with a well fortified enemy force and the lead element was pinned down, Specialist Williams exposed himself to the intense hostile fire as he crawled to within two feet of any enemy bunker and neutralized it with a hand grenade and his personal weapon. With complete disregard for his own safety, Specialist Williams then aggressively assaulted a second hostile bunker. At this time, he was mortally wounded. He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal, this Nation's fifth highest decoration.

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