What You Need to Know: Operation Linebacker II, the “Christmas bombing” campaign of December 1972, was a significant effort by the U.S. to force North Vietnam back to peace talks. Employing over 200 B ...

North Vietnamese negotiators walked out of peace talks in Paris on Dec. 13, 1972. They had just rejected American proposals and refused to set a date to resume discussions. Five days later, American B ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — 50 years ago the United States Air Force carried out a massive bombing mission over Vietnam that proved to be a pivotal point in the war and was instrumental in freeing ...

I woke up early on the morning of Dec. 6, 1972, to pack and say tearful goodbyes to my wife, Martie, and our one-year-old daughter, Amy. We’d decided ahead of time that my father-in-law “Pop” Lowry ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Wednesday marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon which brought an end to the Vietnam War. A South Dakota Vietnam Vet was part of a two-week strategic bombing ...

It was one of the heaviest bombardments in history. A shock-and-awe campaign of overwhelming air power aimed at bombing into submission a determined opponent that, despite being vastly outgunned, had ...

Though Nixon initiated Operation Linebacker II, a bombing campaign against North Vietnam coinciding with the Christmas holiday, he suspended bombing operations on Christmas Day for humanitarian ...