'Fracture Jaw': The Army's Plan to Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons During the Vietnam War

On Jan. 24, 1968, Westmoreland asked Sharp to move tactical nuclear weapons into northern Quang Tri province as a last-ditch effort to prevent North Vietnamese forces from capturing Khe Sanh.

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