PLANES ATTACK N. VIETNAM
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SAIGON, March 9
United States warplanes raked North Vietnam with a record assault of several hundred sorties in the 24-hour period ended at dawn yesterday.
Four planes were lost in widespread raids. The exact number of sorties was not disclosed.
Pilots said they blasted a surface-to-air missile site 80 miles south of Hanoi and set off mushrooming explosions
and smoke clouds rising to 4000 feet at the Son La oil storage area, 130 miles west of Hanoi.
Roads, railways, ferries and bridges, from the south of the territory to the Red river valley north-west of Hanoi, were among other targets in 53 missions flown by United States Air Force and Navy pilots.
Air operations south of the border included a strike by 852 s from Guam at what was described as a Viet Cong military headquarters 35 miles north-east of Saigon. The spokesman said three regiments had been spotted in that sector of Binh Duong province since January 1. There was no immediate assessment of the results of the raid. The ground war tapered off.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31005, 10 March 1966, Page 17
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182PLANES ATTACK N. VIETNAM Press, Volume CV, Issue 31005, 10 March 1966, Page 17
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