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U.S. aircraft conduct heavy raids on Hanoi and Haiphong - Aug 27, 1972 - HISTORY.com
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In the heaviest bombing in four years, U.S. aircraft flatten North Vietnamese barracks near Hanoi and Haiphong as part of ongoing Operation Linebacker I, part of President Nixon’s response to the NVA Easter Offensive. Planes also hit bridges on the northeast railroad line to China. In an associated action, four U.S. ships raided the Haiphong port area after dark, shelling to within two miles of the city limits. As the U.S. ships withdrew from the area, the cruiser USS Newport News sank one of two North Vietnamese patrol boats in pursuit, and destroyer USS Rowan set the other on fire.
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In the heaviest bombing in four years, U.S. aircraft flatten North Vietnamese barracks near Hanoi and Haiphong as part of ongoing Operation Linebacker I, part of President Nixon’s response to the NVA Easter Offensive. Planes also hit bridges on the northeast railroad line to China. In an associated action, four U.S. ships raided the Haiphong port area after dark, shelling to within two miles of the city limits. As the U.S. ships withdrew from the area, the cruiser USS Newport News sank one of two North Vietnamese patrol boats in pursuit, and destroyer USS Rowan set the other on fire.
@SMSgt Minister Gerald A. Thomas , Capt Christopher Mueller , CPT (Join to see) , COL Mikel J. Burroughs , Sgt Joe LaBranche , SSgt (Join to see) , Capt Seid Waddell , SrA Christopher Wright LTC Stephen F. PO2 Ed C. PO2 Mark Saffell MSG Tom Earley PVT James Strait Alan K. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel @SGT John McConnell SGT John " Mac " McConnell , SSG Leo Bell , SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
U.S. aircraft conduct heavy raids on Hanoi and Haiphong - Aug 27, 1972 - HISTORY.com
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This day seemed to have been a good operational day for US forces in and around Vietnam SP5 Mark Kuzinski. Success in the air campaign known as Operation Linebacker I and having our naval ships getting close enough to Haiphong port area to shell it and then destroying the response force of North Vietnamese patrol and then leaving the area relatively unscathed were both great accomplishments.
I expect further south ground forces were engaged in many areas and lives were lost and other service member lives were changed forever as a result.
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I expect further south ground forces were engaged in many areas and lives were lost and other service member lives were changed forever as a result.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton CSM Charles Hayden SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
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This offensive operation came to motivate the North Vietnamese officials to agree to a peace in the talks going on in Paris.
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History 101, RVN... I was in collage when they Started... Remember the "Doves" and their Protests...
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