James Stockdale2 August 1964
Stockdale and the other Crusader pilots attacked the retreating North Vietnamese boats with rockets and cannon fire after they had engaged USS Maddox.
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Stockdale and the other Crusader pilots attacked the retreating North Vietnamese boats with rockets and cannon fire after they had engaged USS Maddox.
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