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MASCAL & Ironsides

US Military History Throughout The Years

Short bits of history you know and some you may not!

  • Old Ironsides Launches: Saturday, October 21, 1797 – The USS Constitution is launched. She was one of the first six frigates to be authorized by the young USA under the Naval Act of 1794 and her name was among 10 submitted for approval to President George Washington. She remains the old ship in the US Navy in active service and
  • MASCAL: Tuesday, October 22, 1957 – Years before the US would more formally be at war in Vietnam, US Service Members suffer their first mass casualty attack from a bombing attack. Over a series of three attacks from guerrilla fighters 13 Americans from the Military Assistance Advisory Group and US Information Services are wounded. Over the course of 1957 there would be 30 similar incidents across the country with around 75 local officials assassinated or kidnapped as well.
  • Operation Linebacker I: Sunday, October 22, 1972 – The US Seventh Air Force and US Navy Task Force 77 would end Operation Linebacker I during the Vietnam War. The purpose of the operation was to slow the advance of North Vietnamese forces during the Easter Offensive. Enemy airfields, radio stations, railways, bridges and highways were all targeted by bombers. The operation successfully helped hold back the enemy’s advances, which was crucial at the time as American forces had begun drawing down in the country. During the operation the last American combat troops would actually leave Vietnam, the successes of the operation allowing President Nixon to standby his promises of not reintroducing American troops into the war. Over the course of the 5 and half month operation some 40,000 tons of munitions would be dropped by aircraft and 104 US aircraft would be lost in combat. The operation would be followed only a few months later by Operation Linebacker II, which would focus on the destruction of major enemy targets and complexes. Linebacker II would be the largest heavy bomber strike since the end of World War 2.

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