120 B-52's hit Hanoi in Linebacker II in 1972.
Posted on 12/26/2018 6:48:55 AM PST by fugazi
Today’s post is in honor of Lance Cpl. Kenneth A. Corzine, who on this day in 2010 died of wounds sustained in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province. The 23-year-old from Bethalto, Ill. was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force.
1815: Delegates from the United States and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Ghent in modern-day Belgium, bringing an end to the War of 1812. News travels slowly, however, and two weeks after the signing, Maj. Gen. (and future president) Andrew Jackson defeats a British invasion force in the Battle New Orleans.
1943: 670 B-17s and B-24s from the Eighth Air Force conduct a bombing raid at German long-range rocket sites at Pas de Calais, France.
1944: After a week of foul weather that had kept American warplanes grounded during the Battle of the Bulge finally breaks, the Eighth Air Force takes advantage of the break in the clouds and restore their air supremacy. Nearly 3,000 heavy bombers and fighters take off from England for the largest strike mission of the war to provide troops on the ground the support they need to break the Germans.
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The second time this posting has been wrong on the end of the War of 1812. The Treaty of Ghent was signed a year earlier on December 24, 1814 and the Battle of New Orleans soon followed on January 8, 1815. By the date in this article, the war had been over for nearly a year.
The 28th Division (PA National Guard) was written off as destroyed in action in about three days of fighting while the 101st Airborne and other armored and artillery assets moved into position in Bastogne, and they weren't alone in holding their place in the face of the Germans.
120 B-52's hit Hanoi in Linebacker II in 1972.
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