Profiles in Courage: Joe Ronnie Hooper...credited with 115 enemy killed in ground combat, 22 of which occurred on February 21, 1968.

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The Tet Offensive ended in early April 1968 as a military defeat for the communists.

But, let's not forget the second phase starting April 29th thru the end of May 68, affectionately known as 'mini tet' to those that didn't get caught up in it and considered it the full opposite of 'mini'.

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The actual wind down was probably

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The mini-Tet offensive officially stopped on May 13, but it would take the U.S. and ARVN forces another two weeks to retake the last area occupied by the Communists. Overall, mini Tet had been another tactical failure for the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong, largely because American intelligence gathering and analysis had greatly improved thanks to lessons learned from Tet. In most cases, the Communists failed to achieve surprise and found U.S. and ARVN forces ready for them when they struck. For the month of May 1968, U.S. troops killed in action exceeded 2,000, the heaviest casualties of the war thus far. ............................................................