Blue Chip room officers directing Indochina air war
Maj. Gen. Alton D. Slay heads the Blue Chip Tactical Air Control Center at Tan Son Nhut overseeing a 1000-jet daily bombing campaign across North and South Vietnam Cambodia and Laos. The room links to hundreds of intermediaries via telephone radio and airborne posts with detailed two-day advance raid plans and real time plotting of every aircraft move.
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Vietnam
America
Indochina
Air Force
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Radao
Alton D. Slay
Air Force Flight Test Center
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Blue Chap
U. S. 7Th Air Force
Tactical Air Control Center
Sai- Zon
S. Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Slay
Hanoi
China
Letter to senator triggered firing of AF general
A senator released a sergeant's account accusing falsified reports to justify unauthorized bombing of North Vietnam. Gen. John T. Lavelle, top U.S. air commander in Vietnam, was ousted after an investigation sparked by the letter to Congress. Lavelle acknowledged possible overstepping authority and pressuring staff to file false after-action reports.
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Washington
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North Vietnam
Harold Hughes
Iowa
John T. Lavelle
U.S
Vietnam
Hughes
John D. Ryan
House Armed Services
Lavelle
Ryan
Colonel tells of saluting general's duck in Vietnam
NEW YORK (UPI) Retired Lt. Col. Anthony Herbert, a Vietnam combat officer who faced war crime charges, says his commanding officer Gen. John Barnes kept a pet duck that soldiers were ordered to salute. Herbert claims he refused and later killed the duck. he also recounts garden flowers, dog tags for the duck, and a note about a pizza delivery helicopter.
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New York
UPI
Anthony Herbert
Vietnam
Herbert
John Barnes
Playboy Magazine
Barnes
Saigon
Gen. Barnes
Col
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Ousted General Contends Falsified Reports by Unit
An intelligence sergeant alleges that his unit falsified classified mission reports over North Korea or Vietnam era actions, including reporting hostile ground fire and bombing damage. The letter cites authorization from the deputy of operations at 7th Air Force and asks whether such falsification is legal, later given to Sen. Symington and then Gen. Ryan for investigation.
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North Vietnam
OIC
7Th Air Force
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Air Force
Truman
Gen. Ryan
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