On March 14, 1965, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces launched the second wave of Operation Rolling Thunder against North Vietnamese military targets. Rolling Thunder was the 1967-68 bombing campaign of…
As the weather turns cooler and you look for yet another thing to help keep you sane while you’re stuck indoors, might we suggest you return to the originals and re-watch any one of these classic Vietnam War movies.
On Mar. 2, 1965, North Vietnamese guards at an ammunition storage area near Xom Bang heard the telltale sounds of massed aircraft overhead. They then learned why the F-105 Thunderchief earned the nickname “Thud” as 5,000 pounds of bombs from each …