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Vietnam in HD - Operation Lam Son

Posted Nov 11, 2011 by Member 26835147

Operation Lam Son 719 -- When the U.S. attacked the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, they avoided sending in ground troops, leaving that to South Vietnamese fighters. Pilots like Bob Clewell supported the battle, flying in the largest helicopter operation in the war. Learn more at http://www.history.com/shows/vietnam-in-hd

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vietnam war, pilots, army, firefights, lam son, shock & awe, combat, helicopters
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  1. JohnDubpernell
    JohnDubpernell Dec 27, 2011

    I remember It well we got our butts kicked. Thanks to the likes of Alexander Haig.I was with the 282nd AHC we played a small role, My goes hat too the guys of the 48th & 174th who took the brunt of the action of the 1st Aviation Br.And all the other Aviation Units.Welcome Home! johnsdubpernell@gmail.com

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  2. arvn
    arvn Mar 22, 2012

    Bob Clewell commented "this was ARVN graduation exercise and they failed". How about "we" (U.S and its allies) failed as a team ? These were the growing pains of a modernizing professional military for the ARVN. How do you expect to transform an agricultural based nation to modern industrialize military in five years during war and expect to win a conventional war alone against the Soviet bloc (the NVA had Chinese and Russian advisors fighting too) ?

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