Navy F-4 Phantoms and A-4 Skyhawks
attack the Thanh Hoa Bridge (Dragon's Jaw) in North Vietnam.
One hundred and four pilots were shot down within a seventy five
square mile vicinity of this infamous target. The communists
used the bridge to push Russian and Chinese suppies southward
to the front by rail, truck and foot. It stood for almost ten
years against every conceivable type of ordnance. For the North
Vietnamese, it assumed a prominence that approached mythical
status and became a symbol for the North of their cause and detmination.
It was finally destroyed by smart bombs dropped by Skyhawks,
covered by F-4 Phantoms.
Signed by five aircrew who attacked the target. |