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[[File:Marines_in_DaiDo_Vietnam_during_Tet_Offensive_1968.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|U.S. Marines move through the hamlet of Dai Do after the intense fighting of the Tet Offensive]]
In late January, 1968, during the lunar new year (or “Tet”) holiday, North Vietnamese and communist Viet Cong forces launched a coordinated attack against a number of targets in South Vietnam. The U.S. and South Vietnamese militaries sustained heavy losses before finally repelling the communist assault. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam.
====North Vietnamese leadership hoped Tet would be a decisive victory====
====Conclusion====
Within the United States, protests against continued involvement in Vietnam intensified. On March 31, 1968, Johnson announced that he would not seek a second term as president. The job of finding a way out of Vietnam was left to the next U.S. president, Richard Nixon.
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* Republished from [https://history.state.gov/| Office of the Historian, United States Department of State]
