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Word: hatinh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1965-1965
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...parallel, moving ever closer to Hanoi. During a single week, U.S. and South Vietnamese pilots flew 17,570 sorties on both sides of the border. Their chief target was North Viet Nam's radar network: with everything from half-ton bombs to deadly white phosphorous, they hit Donghoi, Hatinh, Cap Mui Ron and, in strikes by 100 Navy planes from the aircraft carriers Coral Sea and Han cock, Bachlongvi Island, only 80 miles from Red China's heavily fortified Hainan Island. For the first time, U.S. pilots were allowed to seek out targets of opportunity instead of limiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: War of Words & Deeds | 4/2/1965 | See Source »

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