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Up next on a second look, remembering the tet offensive and the turning of the tide on american turning opinion about the war in vietnam. Plus the fall of saigone, a bay area reporter remembers. And they headed back to the land of their birth 30 years later. All straight ahead on a second look. Good evening and welcome to a second look. Im julie haener. This month vietnamese communities around the world including here in the bay area will mark the Lunar New Year with a celebration called tet. In 1968, tet took on another meaning as forces from North Vietnam took advantage of a seize fire to spring surprise attacks. It became known as the tet offensive. The coordinated attack resulted in heavy military losses for the north but gave them a huge psychological victory beginning a shift in Public Opinion here in the United States against the war. Heres ktvus George Watson with a look back at the tet offensive and San Francisco that same year. In 1968 it became painfully obvious that vietnam

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