The initial assessment by the site's 7th AF coordinator was that after radar operations began LS-85 would be attacked within 6 months, which a February 25 CIA report accurately predicted would be after March 10. Summit structures at LS-85 had originally been outfitted with demolition charges (later removed by the technicians), and the personnel eventually had small arms (e.g., M16 rifles) for defense. TACAN and AN/TSQ-81 personnel were included in the February plan t… Nettet16. sep. 2012 · Material on Lima Site 85 was declassified in 1983. 13 U.S. personnel were reported Killed In Action/ Body Not Recovered (the largest ground loss of USAF personnel in the war), along with 42...
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NettetOn 25 May 1966 Vang Pao's forces regained LS-36 from the Pathet Lao/PAVN. In December 1966 intelligence reports noted a buildup of PAVN forces for a potential attack on LS-36, Lima Site 52 or Lima Site 85. At 06:00 on 6 January 1967 a force of 600–800 PAVN attacked the base from the northwest, south and southwest. NettetIn the shadows of the Vietnam War, the CIA conducted a secret war in Laos that relied on Hmong soldiers to prevent the threat of communism from spreading deeper into Southeast Asia. Tens of thousands died, both in the fight and in the escape. Minnesota Remembers Vietnam: America's Secret War explores the untold, turbulent history. haitian pfp
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NettetHigher res version of some flights over the Phou Pha Thi, the site of the USAF's greatest loss of ground troops in the Indochina War (13 US, 42 Thai / Hmong ... Nettet27. jul. 2016 · A Fatal Failing Of Intelligent Leadership – The Battle Of Lima Site 85. There is a remote mountaintop in north-eastern Laos called Phou Phathi, and the locals said it … Nettet14. mar. 2024 · The cliff that partially defended Lima Site 85, a classified outpost that helped provide navigational information for airstrikes, and where 12 U.S. airmen died on March 11, 1968, during an enemy ... haitian books online