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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Christmas ’72 Stories: (Final) Gifts, a Tree, and a Turkey with all the Trimmings
As the story has been told – as I noted previously- the end of the war in Vietnam is considered the result of the Christmas bombing operations of Linebacker II, and so the convention of telling this story. I’ll end … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas 1972, Testimony of Pilot - RS previously published, Vietnam War, War and Remembrance
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Forty Years Ago Tonight … Morning of 24 January onboard USS Midway inbound to Subic Bay after our eighth Line Period
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Posted in Vietnam War, War and Remembrance
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Christmas ’72 Stories: (8) “A-rab Beeper, come up voice.”
Professional history of war mostly addresses major battles, the dates, the generals, the admirals, tactics and technology, and then analysis of results, all for obvious reasons. But significant detail is invariably lost particularly when one event leads to a most significant occurrence … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas 1972, Snako Archive, Testimony of Pilot - RS previously published, Vietnam War, War and Remembrance
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Christmas ’72 Stories: (7) A Gentlemen’s Gentleman
Linebacker II was halted on 29 December 1972. The North Vietnamese agreed to come back to the negotiations in Paris. Having enjoyed Christmas, Midway left Singapore and celebrated New Years Eve at sea on the way back to the Gulf … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas 1972, Memorials, People, Testimony of Pilot - RS previously published, Vietnam War, War and Remembrance
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