Quote Originally Posted by Dano5326 View Post
Positioning on low ground near a road was clearly not a tactical decision, it was an ease of logistics and lazy minded decision.



I couldn't even roughly begin to compare Khe San (SP?) with 3+ divisions (NVA divisions being 3-6 regiments.. 1 or 2 being artillery) of well supported NVA against 2 regiments of USMC.... IIRC from war college readings
Oh I wasn't trying to compare the two, just pointing out that holding some high ground around such a place (other than a platoon-sized OP) was probably the more militarily sound decision. Khe Sanh, although battered, held. Keating was damn near overrun.

Absolutely, any point I'm trying to make is made with a significantly scaled-back scenario at Keating in mind as compared to Khe Sanh, on both the numbers of US and enemy forces.