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English: The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) with Marine Corps Boeing-Vertol CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters embarked, probably during operations off South Vietnam, circa 1968. the dock landing ship USS Thomaston (LSD-28) is in the background, at right.
A flaming Marine CH-46 of HMM-265, after being hit by enemy AAA fire in "Helicopter Valley", 15 July 1966 [13] During the Vietnam War, the CH-46 was one of the prime US Marine troop transport helicopters in the theater, slotting between the smaller Bell UH-1 Iroquois and larger Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and progressively replacing the UH-34.
1968 marked a decisive turning point in the history of the Vietnam War. Towards the end of January, regular units of the PAVN and the VC initiated large-scale attacks on Saigon and all 34 provincial cities of South Vietnam. Several major towns, villages, and allied military installations throughout the country were also attacked during the same ...
2/4 Marines offload from HMM-262 CH-46s near Lang Vei. August–September 1968 saw little activity in the Scotland II area as the PAVN concentrated their activity further east in the Lancaster II and Kentucky area of operations and poor weather limited activities. PAVN units observed in the area were engaged by fire on numerous occasions but ...
Get the Inverness, Scotland local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... 8PM 46 ° F 8 ° C 63% ; 9PM 47 ° F 8 ... The Daily Weather Update from FOX Weather: Lake-effect snow ...
The BBC's Shipping Forecast page containing the latest forecast when it is released (i.e. 0015, 0505, 1130 and 1725). The Meteorological Office's Shipping Forecast page Archived 11 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine contains the same forecast as the BBC site. The BBC's forecast for inshore waters. Rules on the format of the UK Shipping Forecast
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The first BBC weather forecast was a shipping forecast, broadcast on the radio on behalf of the Met Office on 14 November 1922, and the first daily weather forecast was broadcast on 26 March 1923. In 1936, the BBC experimented with the world's first televised weather maps, brought into practice in 1949 after World War II. The map filled the ...