Navy pilots on USS Coral Sea face Indochina war on deck
Aboard the thousand foot carrier Coral Sea the Indochina conflict feels distant as hundreds of pilots train for and perform high risk strikes. They describe the thrill of flight yet question bombing effectiveness amid Nixon’s policy to press air power and shift burden to South Vietnam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iver Peterson
New York Times News Service
Uss
Coral Sea
Washington
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
D. L. Mendenhall
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Thailand
South Vietnam
Indochina
Nixon
U.S
Laos
David Palmer
Annapolis
Hackettstown
N.J
Cmdr
James Burton Souder
San Diego
Don Bouchoux
Piscataway, N.J
Laos forces face heavy, strategic blows as Pathet Lao pressure grows
North Vietnamese troops press two fronts in Laos while government reinforcements try to reopen Highway 13 linking Vientiane and Luang Prabang. Long Cheng and the Bolovens Plateau remain critical as U S air raids aid Lao forces amid a broader Thai border security concern.
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Saigon
Laos
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
Pathet Lao
Long Cheng
Bolovens Plateau
Panhandle
Bolovens
North Vietnam
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Ban Gnik
Pakse
U.S
Communist
Creighton W. Abrams
Bangkok
Thanom Kitikachorn
Thailand
Plain of Jars
Local social notes from Falkville and surrounding towns
Community names and movements. Mrs. Jack Hart improves at Oshmer Hospital in New Orleans while Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Evans return from Naples with grandson Don Evans who had his leg amputated. Several families travel or host visits across Prattville Huntsville Birmingham and Hartselle with deaths illnesses and holiday gatherings.
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Jack Hart
Oshmer Hospital
New Orleans
Arnold Evans
Naples
Fla
Don Evans
Baxter Bryant
Barron Quilla
Columbia
South America
Sdmmy_ Bryant
Eileen Bryant
James Brown
Billy Jack Evans
J.B
J. B. Elliott
Ted Freeman
Greensboro
N.C
C. Q. Sims
David Moon
Kristen
Okla
City
J. N. Powell
Helen Stidman
Michelle
Mike
Birmingham
Bobby Summerford
Stanley
Mitchell
Randolph Air Force Base
Tex
Cecil Mitchell
Junior Holmes
Douglas Wells
Huntsville Hospital
Annie Compton
Hartselle Hospital
Bill Tarpley
Susan
Earl Gurley
Earnest Tarpley
Pulaski
Tenn
John Smith
N.Y
John Cloud
Joe Summerford
S. A. Allen
Tuscaloosa
W.O.W
Cullman Holiday Inn
Thomas Greer
Falkville
Tom Drinkard
Murray Rowe
Decatur
T. B. Strickland
Jenny
Joey
Hartselle
C. E. Westmoreland
Marietta
Glenda Drinkard
Stephen
Huntsville
Joe Rowe
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merril York
Reds
Alice O. Summerford
Sears
Anne
Lukie Patterson
Sears, Roebuck and CO
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