* As the battle in Hue was heading into March, we had 1,364 wounded and 216 killed. US military leaders, who had tried to preserve the heritage sites, finally decided enough was enough and ordered marine A-4 Skyhawk pilots to bomb the citadel, ending the bloody battle. By some estimates, more than 13,000 Vietnamese on both sides, including civilians executed by the NVA, had been killed, and all but about thirty of the old emperor’s royal palaces had been destroyed.