Posted on Dec 21, 2022
Remembering the 'Christmas bombings' of the Vietnam War's twilight, 50 years later
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"Linebacker" got the North Vietnamese to the peace talk tables.
I grew up admiring WW2 and Korea vets, but Vietnam vets are my heroes. I watched several of my Dad's Marine Reserve unit depart for service in Vietnam. I remember their faces when they returned!
I grew up admiring WW2 and Korea vets, but Vietnam vets are my heroes. I watched several of my Dad's Marine Reserve unit depart for service in Vietnam. I remember their faces when they returned!
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ILLUSTRATIONS: (1) Guam-based B-52s unload their bombs over Hanoi. (2) A MiG-21 fires a missile at a B-52 over N. Vietnam. (3) A B-52 flies high above N. Vietnam. (4) B-52s bomb N. Vietnam in 1972. (5) B-52s attack targets in N. Vietnam in 1972. (6) A B-52G prepares to hit an NVA 261st Missile Regt. SAM sight north of Hanoi shortly before disintegrating when an SA-2 miissile struck its forward fuselage, 20 Dec. 1972. (7) A damaged B-52 limps back to U-Tapao AB, Thailand, in Dec. 1972.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
SGT Mary G. Those are all paintings. @LTC John (Jack) Christensen flew B-52s and said they were always at least a mile apart. The artist clearly took some liberties in order to give more context.
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SGT Mary G.
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. - Thanks. It did seem odd the B-52s were so close together. Calculating hitting the target must have been a feat - given the variables. The view of Hanoi from the air seems so remote.
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Operation Linebacker II was an aerial bombing campaign conducted by U.S. Seventh Air Force, Strategic Air Command and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 against targets in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) during the final period of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
I love the illustrations Dale.
I love the illustrations Dale.
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