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Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Vietnam War
War in Southeast Asia from 1955 to 1975
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Pierce Arrow
Part of the Vietnam War (1964)
Operation Pierce Arrow was a U.S. bombing campaign at the beginning of the Vietnam War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
USS Ticonderoga (CV-14)
Essex-class aircraft carrier of the US Navy
USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named after the capture of Fort Ticonderoga in the American Revolutionary War.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
USS Constellation (CV-64)
Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier
USS Constellation (CVA-64/CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation of stars" on the flag of the United States. One of the fastest ships in the Navy, as proven by her victory during a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
North Vietnam
Country in Southeast Asia (1945–1976)
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, with sovereignty fully recognized in 1954. A member of the communist Eastern Bloc, it opposed the French-supported State of Vietnam and later the Western-allied…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf in the northwestern South China Sea
The Gulf of Tonkin is a gulf at the northwestern portion of the South China Sea, located off the coasts of Tonkin and South China. It has a total surface area of 126,250 km2 (48,750 sq mi). It is defined in the west and northwest by the northern coastline of Vietnam down to the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)