Word: hh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offensive began," said Pekkola. "Usually they aim at any break in the clouds because they know that's where we'll eventually be." In the first six days of the offensive, the North Vietnamese shot down five U.S. aircraft and two South Vietnamese aircraft. One American-manned HH-53 helicopter crashed while on a rescue mission...
...MANY PRISONERS COULD HAVE COME OUT? The U.S. estimated that anywhere from 15 to 70 P.O.W.s would be found at Son Tay, and there was plenty of space in the HH-53 helicopters for them. (In a pinch, as many as 60 people can be squeezed inside an HH-53.) The U.S. knows definitely that 339 Americans are in North Vietnamese hands; about 400 others are listed as missing in action in North Viet...