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Operation Linebacker II, sometimes referred to as the Christmas bombings and, in Vietnam, Dien Bien Phu in the air, [a] was a strategic bombing campaign conducted by the United States against targets in North Vietnam from 18 December to 29 December 1972, during the Vietnam War.
The US and the Republic of Vietnam: At the begin, the US army and the ARVN would enforce their ceasefire during 48 hours, from 00.00 AM of 30 January 1968 to 00.00 AM of 01 February 1968. However, their ceasefire was shortened to 36 hours on 08 January 1968, starting at 18.00 PM on 30 January 1968. [5]
A bomb exploded on an Air Vietnam DC-6 descending into Nha Trang. The plane crashed into a school killing 24 at the school (most of them schoolchildren) and 10 of the 70 passengers. [102] 24-6 December. The VC announced a three day Christmas truce, however Allied forces only observed a 24 hour truce starting at 18:00 on Christmas Day. [5]: 324
Christmas came and went, but Williamson says he didn't notice. He was too busy airlifting wounded American soldiers from the jungles of Vietnam. Williamson, 82, will celebrate Christmas this ...
The Tet Offensive [a] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War.The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on 30 January 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies.
The United States, South Vietnam and their other allies in the Vietnam War agreed to a proposal from the VC and North Vietnam for three ceasefires to coincide with holidays. All fighting would halt from 07:00 24 December, until 07:00 on 26 December, as well as from the morning of New Year's Eve until the morning of 2 January 1967.
During the Vietnam War he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. "I’d just turned 25," Broyles, 80, says in the documentary. "I’d had about eight months’ Marine Corps officer training.
A United States pilot who disappeared while conducting a spy mission during the Vietnam War has finally been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Donald W ...