Operation Commando Hunt
1968–72 aerial bombing campaign by the United States during the Vietnam War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Operation Commando Hunt was a covert U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. The operation began on 15 November 1968 and ended on 29 March 1972. The objective of the campaign was to prevent the transit of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) personnel and supplies on the logistical corridor known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail (the Truong Son Road to the North Vietnamese) that ran from the southwestern Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) through the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos and into the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam).
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Targets: (top) loaded PAVN trucks, (mid) POL storage area, (bot) open supply storage area | |||||||
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United States, South Vietnam Thailand | North Vietnam | ||||||
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Đồng Sĩ Nguyên |
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