{"id":153,"date":"2025-06-11T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:19:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:19:55","slug":"the-khe-sanh-veteran","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Khe Sanh Veteran (Home)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"153\" class=\"elementor elementor-153\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c31f758 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c31f758\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-861dcaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"861dcaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Siege-Begins.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b8bcde e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5b8bcde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7abb8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7abb8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong><em>The Battle of Khe Sanh<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2><h4 style=\"padding-left: 40px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>77 days of combat in Vietnam<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p><strong>The Battle of Khe Sanh was one of the longest and most controversial battles of the Vietnam War. Taking place in early 1968, the battle lasted 77 days and resulted in the deaths of over 10,000 soldiers, both Vietnamese and American. For years after the war, historians and veterans debated whether or not the battle was a turning point in the war.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>The Battle of Khe Sanh began on January 21, 1968, when North Vietnamese forces launched a series of attacks on American-held strongholds in the region surrounding Khe Sanh. Americans didn\u2019t expect the attacks. A retreat was ordered to the base at Khe Sanh. The North Vietnamese then laid siege to the base, cutting off all supply lines and subjecting the Americans to nearly constant bombardment.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>For weeks, it looked like the North Vietnamese were going to succeed in overrunning Khe Sanh. However, in early March 1968, American forces began a series of counterattacks that eventually drove the North Vietnamese back. Eventually, American forces claimed Khe Sanh. However, it came at a high cost. More than 10,000 people were killed in the fighting.<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-927bcd2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"927bcd2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e07dad elementor-button-info elementor-align-center e-transform elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0e07dad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_transform_scaleX_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleX_effect_hover_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleX_effect_hover_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleX_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleX_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleY_effect_hover&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleY_effect_hover_widescreen&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleY_effect_hover_laptop&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleY_effect_hover_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;_transform_scaleY_effect_hover_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/Portals\/1\/Publications\/US%20Marines%20In%20Vietnam%20The%20Defining%20Year%201968%20%20PCN%2019000313800_5.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Siege of Khe Sanh - Youtube<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9487c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1a9487c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbb60bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbb60bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 id=\"bio-name\" class=\"bio-name text-center text-md-start\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Eugene \u201cPapa\u201d Poilane<\/span><\/strong><\/h4><dl class=\"mem-events mb-0 row row-cols-2 gx-2 gx-xxl-0\"><dt class=\"col-4 col-lg-3 col-xl-2 text-end text-md-start text-uppercase text-break\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span id=\"birthLabel\">Birth:<\/span><time id=\"birthDateLabel\" class=\"info\">16 Mar 1888<\/time><\/span><\/dt><dd class=\"ps-xl-2 col-8 col-lg-9 col-xl-10 text-start\"><div id=\"birthLocationLabel\" class=\"place\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Saint-Sauveur-de-Landemont, D\u00e9partement de Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France<\/span><\/div><\/dd><\/dl><p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Eugene Poilane was a French national who came to Vietnam in the early 1920s.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">He was one of the founders of Khe Sanh, and operated a coffee plantation not far from it.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">He was murdered in April, 1964, allegedly by Communist VC forces.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">His story is told briefly in Roger Pisor&#8217;s book &#8216;The End Of The Line&#8217; about the siege of Khe Sanh, in which he eulogizes him thusly:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8216;The idyll of Khe Sanh was shattered in April 1964 when men stepped from the side of the road, ordered Papa Poilane and M. Linares from their car-and riddled Poilane with bullets. The gentle mountain man who had walked Route 9 when it was still a dirt path, the builder of Khe Sanh, the father of two families, was dead.&#8217;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">He was likely buried nearby.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a4bae3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8a4bae3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb17fe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cb17fe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" 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href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battle_of_Khe_Sanh\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">History of Khe Sanh<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfbda21 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dfbda21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ecbe6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b0ecbe6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/bravotheproject.com\/category\/khe-sanh\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Bravo The Project<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f0ac3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"53f0ac3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44cb4b4 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"44cb4b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vietnamveteransmemorial.org\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Vietnam Virtual Wall<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64cdb0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f64cdb0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d33c1 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"53d33c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/khesanh-battle.com\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Khesanh-Battle by Michael Archer<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebaead0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ebaead0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb9b2cf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"bb9b2cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-596f322 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"596f322\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f737e9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f737e9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Catherine Leroy<\/h2><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">French Photo Journalist<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8199bf e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e8199bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a6e3e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a6e3e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"903\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-jump-ready.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1922\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-jump-ready.jpg 782w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-jump-ready-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-jump-ready-768x887.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef17af1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef17af1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-with-Kids.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1923\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-with-Kids.jpg 807w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-with-Kids-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-LeRoy-with-Kids-768x539.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Catherine Leroy with Kids<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dde50c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dde50c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-Leroy-with-American-Troops.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1924\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-Leroy-with-American-Troops.jpg 793w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-Leroy-with-American-Troops-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Catherine-Leroy-with-American-Troops-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Catherine Leroy with American Troops<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78837f4 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"78837f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d4d81b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4d4d81b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.specialforces78.com\/catherine-leroy-03-13-68\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Catherine Leroy Article <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa95059 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"aa95059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bing.com\/images\/search?q=Catherine+Leroy+Photography&#038;form=IARSLK&#038;first=1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Catherine Leroy Photos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e52fc0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e52fc0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/dotationcatherineleroy.org\/en\/biography\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Catherine Leroy Photo Journalist Hill 881 1967<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1926da3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1926da3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;position&quot;:&quot;fixed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d7a7c3 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d7a7c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marine-Logo-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-924\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marine-Logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marine-Logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marine-Logo-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Marine-Logo.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-446119c elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"446119c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USN-Logo-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-780\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dc4fba elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8dc4fba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USAF-Logo-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-781\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/USAF-Logo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/elementor\/thumbs\/USAF-Logo-1-rjmx4gkbvapmbdmir58nd11mmj2s7qsd1f0siqkfk8.png 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f805f2 elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f805f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/US-Army-Logo-1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-782\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/US-Army-Logo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/US-Army-Logo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/US-Army-Logo-1.png 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4abd92f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4abd92f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473613a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"473613a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b10889 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b10889\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-239e1fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"239e1fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"287\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Powell-300x287.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1929\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Powell-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/David-Powell.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">David Powell - War Photographer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13f0e3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"13f0e3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/hmm-364.org\/warriors-web-site\/photos-881s\/powell\/powell-d01.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">David Powell - Hill 881S 1968<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd732d8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bd732d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e682c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"11e682c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ea2b6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0ea2b6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a1b1fe elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6a1b1fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ibjonline.com\/2023\/07\/26\/lc-to-commemorate-work-of-ellison-civil-rights-vietnam-photographer-killed-in-action\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Robert Ellison: Civil rights, Vietnam photographer killed in action at Khe Sanh<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8045af1 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8045af1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ba8b96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1ba8b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Robert-Ellison.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2289\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Robert-Ellison.jpg 260w, https:\/\/khesanhvet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Robert-Ellison-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42393af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"42393af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" 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center;\">The Ranch Ministries<\/h5><h4 class=\"preFade fadeIn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>About the Founder<\/strong><\/h4><p class=\"sqsrte-large preFade fadeIn\">Ken Korkow was raised in a ranching and rodeo family and entered the Marine Corps when he was 18. 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