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Some estimates held that over 80 percent of the structures in the city sustained damage or were destroyed. Out of a population of about 140,000, more than 116,000 people were homeless and 5,800 were either dead or missing. According to most reports, Hue was a devastated city.
MACV Command dHistory 1967
Pages 75, 98
George T. Curtis (RIP. 9/17/2005)
Posted : 2003-10-11 18:45
Hue affected
Hue was affected badly enough that we said at the time: "We had to destroy the city in order to save it".
Posted : 2003-10-11 23:43