The ground fire has become so intense that the only plane allowed to land at Khe Sanh these days is the Fairchild C-123K, a twin-engine freighter of 1954 vintage that is so rugged that it can ...

TIME Correspondent Don Sider spent several days at Khe ... Sanh are taking their ordeal with considerable composure. Only their unwelcome bunkermates—the rats—be come frantic under fire.