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How effective were B-52s for Close Air Support?

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Marine Corps Captain William H. Dabney, the company commander of Company I, 3d Battalion, 26th Marines on the isolated outpost on Hill 881 South, observed that "B-52s make excellent CAS [close air support] birds." He then exclaimed: "Not much for bombing trails and base areas, but God! Give them a target and get them to it quickly and scratch one target."

MACV Command dHistory, 1967
pages 319-20


George T. Curtis (RIP. 9/17/2005)

 
Posted : 2003-10-11 16:19
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