The United States akatanga Operation Rolling Thunder. March 1965, United States yakatanga kurwisa basa, Operation Arc Light, yakabhururuka kubudikidza B-52Fs musi 18 June 1965, apo 30 Ndege dzehondo 9th uye 441st Bombardment Squadrons akarova yechiCommunist nhare pedyo Bến Cát District kuSouth Vietnam. wokutanga Ndege akasvika mangwanani pane yakatarwa rendezvous pfungwa, uye apo maneuvering kuramba chiteshi, maviri B-52s yakawira, izvo zvakaguma nokurasikirwa vose Ndege uye vasere varwi.
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