50 years ago today, July 24, in sunny Vietnam-land - Where were you?

2015-07-24T08:54:52-04:00

In the air war, four F-4C Phantom jets escorting a formation of U.S. bombers on a raid over munitions manufacturing facilities at Kang Chi, 55 miles northwest of Hanoi, are fired at from an unknown launching site.
The SAM site that fired the missile was one of five ringing Hanoi at a distance of about 20 miles (32 km).
It was the first time the enemy had launched antiaircraft missiles at U.S. aircraft.
One plane was destroyed and the other three damaged.
The presence of ground-to-air antiaircraft missiles represented a rapidly improving air defense capability for the North Vietnamese.
As the war progressed, North Vietnam, supplied by China and the Soviet Union, would fashion a very effective and integrated air defense system that proved to be a formidable challenge to American flyers conducting missions over North Vietnam.

Response by SGT Roberto Mendoza-Diaz made Jul 24 at 2015 10:02 AM

2015-07-24T10:02:12-04:00

I was nowhere

Response by PO3 Grant McQueenie made Jul 24 at 2015 1:43 PM

2015-07-24T13:43:55-04:00

I was still in Scotland, and was only 3 yrs old . We didn't get here till '68 , and was already playing soldier , so it wasn't a big stretch for me to grow and become a Navy Seabee.