Operation Rolling Thunder facts for kids
Operation Rolling Thunder happened when the USA started bombing campaigns of North Vietnam during the Vetnam War.
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U.S. Navy A-7B Corsairs armed with Shrike anti-radiation missiles, 1969
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A missile-armed VPAF MiG-21PF landing, using its drogue parachute
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F-105 Thunderchief dropping ordnance during Rolling Thunder
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Memorial to the downing of 10 USAF jets on 26 October 1967, including that of John McCain. The monument reads, "On the day of 26 October 1967, a total of 10 American aircraft were shot down. Wounded J. McCain, a captain in the U.S. Navy, successfully catapulted from the downed aircraft, and at this point he was taken prisoner. His plane fell a few kilometers from this place at the Yen Phu Power Plant".
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