US Embassy assault modelled

An exciting prospect from Gringos 40 is an exhibition of a model of the attack on the US Embassy in Saigon to be shown at Salute in London at the end of the month. It will include a large model of the embassy itself and the expected cast of figures from Marines, CIA, MPs etc

nice work

Hope to get a better image of these MPs too;

Now this is a nice photo from Salute showing the Embassy wall breached and the playing cards. 2 and 7 of spades! Photo by "WSS magazine" he tells me. Soon as I hear from Ged I will credit them more appropriately.

To apply the vernacular of the day, it's fab and groovy and Number One.....also far out and laid back, Or maybe it's far back and laid out?

Outa sight man. Really smooth.(I can still do them all and my three sons despair)

I saw this in my Facebook feed. It's quite amazing!!

Wow! I used to live one block from there - walked past it many times.

and now we get to see some interior detail. AFAIK the VC never did get into the main Embassy building itself. This seems to be another part of the compound. Again credit to WSS magazine for the photos

Few more nice images

Nice indeed Deadhead. That's quite an amazing bit of terrain!

and now I have heard how it actually turned out. to quote;



Started with a knowledge of the original attack. What not to do,
VC split into two sections, Taxi Section and TuK Tuk Section.
Both drove straight at the main gate guarded by 2 American MPs.
Taxis were halted by M16 fire, lead Tuk Tuk was disabled.
Taxi vc drove through the gate, killed both MPs.
Tuk Tuk section disembarked and followed the leader into the admin block.
Taxi section parked on the rear lawn, dismounted, blew a hole with a satchel charge in the back of the embassy and went in.
Fighting in the admin block between vc and colonel.
Reinforcements turn up for US, two South Vietnamese MPs in a jeep.
No further reinforcements for US as failed radio requests repeatedly.
Close fighting in embassy between CIA security unit and vc, satchel charges used to force US back to first floor stairwell.
Colonel killed in admin block. South Vietnamese MPs killed in embassy.
US Marine security squad run across car park, shot up by vc in admin block.
US Marine squad decimated, break and run back to cover.
VC kill all US in embassy, uncontested building so VC win

That's a fantastic looking board, a great deal of work must have gone into making it.
Are the lawn sections/areas made from toweling fabric?

Turns out that is absolutely right. Cotton towelling soaked in glue. Not something I have heard of before, but it certainly works!

Wow, that was a good run by the VC. A very interesting "what if they used a different plan".