Call it the thud or the lead sled. It was the f105 thunder chief, and during the veietnam war, it was a workhorse. Im oliver north and this is war stories. Between 1961 and 73, over 3,000 aircraft like this one were shot down or destroyed in southeast asia. 1968, the last year of Rolling Thunder and 652 men piloting these planes lost their lives. From march of 65 to october of 68, air force navy and marine airmen dropped nearly a half million tons of bombs. Rolling thunder was far from a triumph. As youll see and hear, orders straight from the white house forced the men flying these missions to fight with one hand tied behind their backs. And those restrictions inevitably cost american lives. Join us tonight as we pay tribute to the heroes of operation Rolling Thunder. Took this huge hit. Every warning light came on. Nothing to do. Could this war have been won . Of course it could. It could have ended any time we wanted it to. In 1965, vietnam was divided and at war. The south was demo
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome. Were gathered on the 50th anniversary sorry, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the august 7th, 1964, passage by both houses of congress of an authorization for the use of military force. We didnt call it that, but thats exactly what it was. It was implementing our obligations under the 1955 cito treaty pursuant to the United States constitution. Vietnam veterans for factual history is a Diverse Group of mostly Vietnam Veterans including retired fourstar generals medal of honor recipient, prisoners of war, special operations personnel, and a variety of others. Our common bond is that we believe the americans had been misled about the realities of vietnam and too many of the, quote, facts that they have been led to believe are true are not true. And because of this, when other conflicts arise, theyre drawing the wrong lessons. After the war, polls showed that Vietnam Veterans supported the war by more than twice the average of the am
It is tuesday, april 1st, 4 00 a. M. On the east coast. There are very important, new details to tell you about in the development in that search for flight 370. A malaysian government source telling cnn investigators are convinced someone in the cockpit or on board the plane is responsible for that sudden turn off course. They consider the disappearance of flight 370 a criminal act. And with that explanation, theyre altering the official version of the final signoff from the jetliners cockpit. Jim clancy is live in kuala lumpur for us this morning. And jim, we understand you just obtained a transcript of the final communication. What does it show you . Reporter this is the full transcript between the tower and flight mh370. In it, you hear all of the things that are going on between the pilots on board the aircraft, air Traffic Control, ground control, the kuala lumpur tower, as this flight proceeds. It carries through, you know, from the time that they say that they want to take off,
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A host of eminent Nigerians have decried the dangerous trend the wave of insecurity has taken in Nigeria and urged decisive actions to halt the trend.
Reacting to Vanguard’s exclusive report, last Monday, which showed that from reported cases no fewer than 1,525 people were lost to insecurity in the first two weeks of 2021, the eminent Nigerians lamented that the figure is humongous.
The figure shows that every day Nigeria loses 34 persons to insecurity and if the trend remained the country may lose 12,370 persons by the end of 2021.
Indeed, the country has lost no fewer than 358 persons between February 15 and February 24, Sunday Vanguard’s tally of reported cases showed.