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Flaming Dart

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965Date range
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Chronological records

1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson7 February 1965

Dong Hoi · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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