50 years ago today, July 10, in sunny Vietnam-land - Where were you?

2015-07-10T08:49:23-04:00

You might remember a while back ... (Ops ran from the 6th thru the 9th)

After B-52 strikes, the U.S. 173rd Airborne began another sweep through Zone D with 2,500 men and ARVN and Australian participation.
The allies claimed to have inflicted 100 Viet Cong casualties.

Now comes...

The New York Times reported that he 173rd Airborne suffered 10 killed and 42 wounded on its sweep through Zone D and that its estimates of viet Cong casualties were inflated.
The U.S., the newspaper said, had begun "to accept aerial estimates of enemy casualties.
The command has also begun to calculate probable damage inflicted on the Viet Cong despite the absence of bodies or weapons

U.S. planes continue heavy raids in South Vietnam and claim to have killed 580 guerrillas.
U.S. Phantom jets, escorting fighter-bombers in a raid on the Yen Sen ammunition depot northwest of Hanoi, engaged North Vietnamese MiG-17s.
Capt. Thomas S. Roberts with his backseater Capt. Ronald C. Anderson, and Capt. Kenneth E. Holcombe and his backseater Capt. Arthur C. Clark shot down two MiG-17s with Sidewinder missiles.
The action marked the first U.S. Air Force air-to-air victories of the Vietnam War.

Response by Cpl Geraldo Juarez made Jul 10 at 2015 11:22 AM

2015-07-10T11:22:11-04:00

Just a sparkle in my dad's eye.