Battle of Khe Sanh in popular culture

The Battle of Khe Sanh has been referenced in popular culture.
In games
*Battle of Khe Sanh is one of the maps which appeared in the computer game Battlefield Vietnam.
*The Battle of Khe Sanh is in the game Call of Duty: Black Ops, wherein players help to defend the base by controlling a member of the MACV SOG, who experiences the battle from beginning to end.
In anime
*Dutch, from the Black Lagoon anime and manga series, mentions during a bar shoot-out that it "makes the Battle of Khe Sanh look like a picnic".
In literature
*The American author T.C. Boyle references The Battle of Khe Sanh in his 1985 short story, "Greasy Lake". The narrator compares losing his keys, the mistake that propels the story, to the Vietnam battle. He thinks to himself, "This was a tactical error, as damaging and irreversible in its way as Westmoreland's decision to dig in at Khe Sanh."
*Gustav Hasford references the Battle of Khe Sanh in his war novels The Short-Timers (which is the basis for the film, Full Metal Jacket) and The Phantom Blooper.
In music
*The battle is referred to in the song, Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen: "I had a brother at Khe Sanh/ Fightin' off all the Viet Cong/ They're still there, he's long gone."
*The hit song Khe Sanh by Australian pub rock band Cold Chisel was named after this engagement. The song tells the tale of a disillusioned Australian soldier and veteran of the war (although the only Australian personnel to be directly involved in the siege were the crews of Canberra bombers operated by 2 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who flew close air support missions in the area).
Onscreen
*The battle is mentioned by the character Walter Sobchak, played by John Goodman, in the film The Big Lebowski. While giving a eulogy about his friend Donny moments before scattering his ashes, Walter begins to rant about the Vietnam War and says: "He died…he died, as so many young men of his generation, before his time. In your wisdom, Lord, you took him, as you took so many bright, flowering young men at Khe Sanh, at Langdok, and Hill 364. These men gave their lives."
*In the animated television show The Simpsons, Springfield Elementary School Principal Seymour Skinner fought at Khe Sanh during his days as a sergeant in the United States Army. It is revealed he was captured by the Viet Cong during the battle and was held as a prisoner of war for 1½ years.
*In the film That Thing You Do, the ending credits epilogue indicates that the nameless bassist fought at Khe Sanh, during which he sustained injuries for which he was later awarded the Purple Heart.

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