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Defense Department figures put the number of combat missions flown over North Vietnam since February 1965 to 117,000, dropping over 2.5 million tons of bombs and rockets.
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Defense Department figures put the number of combat missions flown over North Vietnam since February 1965 to 117,000, dropping over 2.5 million tons of bombs and rockets.
@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
117,000 combat missions flown over North Vietnam in three years - Aug 17, 1968 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us about the basic metrics of warfare which include tons of bombs dropped on and rockets launched against North Vietnam between February 1965 and August 17, 1968 SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
Bomb and rocket inertial guidance-systems and smart technology has made the munitions much more accurate than the 1960s as well as significantly more costly.
Operation Rolling Thunder and similar operations did a lot of damage to the infrastructure of North Vietnam. Unfortunately the communist propaganda machine persuaded politicians to halt the bombing. The North engaged in total war but we stopped well short of total war in Korea and in Vietnam.
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Bomb and rocket inertial guidance-systems and smart technology has made the munitions much more accurate than the 1960s as well as significantly more costly.
Operation Rolling Thunder and similar operations did a lot of damage to the infrastructure of North Vietnam. Unfortunately the communist propaganda machine persuaded politicians to halt the bombing. The North engaged in total war but we stopped well short of total war in Korea and in Vietnam.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 Charlie Poulton CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC William Farrell SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) SSgt Robert Marx TSgt Joe C. SGT (Join to see) SGT Robert Hawks SGT Robert George SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright SPC (Join to see)
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LTC Stephen F., "The North engaged in total war but we stopped well short of total war in Korea and in Vietnam."
And look how they turned out.
And look how they turned out.
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We were on a mountain top waiting until the LZ had been prepped by the B-52, and then artillery, and then by gun ships. It was still a hot LZ. They holed up in their caves until the bombing and artillery was finished.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski, Your Welcome. That was the only B-52 dropping bombs I saw. It was weird. You couldn't hear anything in the sky, but then here comes the bombs.
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Politicians killed the herculean effort. Sad waste...positive spin don't mess with the AF as they can make it rain ordinance consistently and dangerously
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