Here was a triumph for Hanoi; here was an outcome that enabled Le Duan to clamber over the new mountain of corpses created by his militarily crazy initiative, and hail Tet as a “killer punch.” Nobody seemed to notice the American heroism that finally vanquished the assailants, the fifteen Medals of Honor awarded to those who had seen off the would-be occupiers of Saigon, or the mass murderers of Hue.
