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U.S. B52sBombingN. VietnamSAIGON (UPI)-For the first time in three months U.S. Air Force B52s bombed North Vietnam today. The giant jets braved the threat of missiles and struck just above the North-South Vietnam border, U.S. spokesmen said.The Stratofortresses struck twice, hitting North Vietnamese invasion army positions threatening American Marines below the border.The main targets of the eight-engine strategic Air Force bombers, which each carry up to 60,000 pounds in bombs, were the Communists’ giant 130mm artillery guns. Planted in deep bunkers and caves, the big guns have been raining shells with ' deadly accuracy on the Leatherneck border fortresses of Con Tbien, Gio Linh and Camp Carrol.U.S. generals ordered the Stratoforts away from North Vietnamese targets three months ago when the Communists moved down to the border the Surface to Air Missiles (SAM) that formed the first real threat to the giant American planes.Hit SAM SitesAfter six weeks the B52s returned to pounding Commu- ‘ nist positions just below the border. Smaller, swifter American jets had been working on the SAM sites.The antimissile bombing paid off today.The big bombers are reported ;to be the American weapon the Communist troops fear the most. They fly so high that the (See U. S. B52S Page 4)
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Provo Daily Herald
Provo, Utah, US
Wed, Jul 26, 1967
Page 10
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Gerald F.
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