Lyndon Baines Johnson7 February 1965
Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi
U.S. air attacks take place on bases at Dong Hoi in retaliation for Pleiku. The beginning of limited offensive attacks on military targets in North Vietnam
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