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Guam to Nam
Operation Rolling Thunder:
North Vietnam & Downtown Hanoi
March 1965 - October 1968

by: Don Poss
"A captured letter, handwritten by the political commissar of the 9th Division to his higher headquarters, reported that the Allied tactical air and B-52 strikes had been unbelievably devastating (Airwar Vietnam, 1978, by Drew Middleton, p183)." (Click on sm.Photo to view Full Size!!!)
 
B52 Bombs waiting to load
500 & thousand pounders
... Lock and Load!
Take off--wing tips flapping
... and airborne
landing gear up ...
Squadron formation ...
See any MIGS? Stinger's ready!
Time to settle in ...
3,000 miles fillup anyone?
 War-Stories.com: B-52, air refueling. Close up.
30,000 gallons round trip ...
 War-Stories.com: B-52, Opening Bomb-bay doors!
Opening Bomb-bay doors!
... and ... Bombs Away!
 War-Stories.com: B-52, Bombs Away ...
Bombs Away ...
 War-Stories.com: B-52, and ... Bombs Away!
and ... Bombs Away!
... and ...
 War-Stories.com: B-52, and ... Bombs Away!
... Bombs ...
... Aaaaaaaaaaa ...
Way-aaaaaaaaaa... Closing
Bomb-bay...Let's go home.
Da Nang: One Battle-damage landing.
 

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