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    Operation Pierce Arrow was a U.S. bombing campaign at the beginning of the Vietnam War. In response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident when the destroyers...
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    to be made even after Pierce-Arrow ceased operation in 1938. Seagrave continued to deliver fire apparatus with the "Pierce-Arrow" V-12 until 1970. Throughout...
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    Navy strikes against North Vietnam on 5 August 1964 as part of Operation Pierce Arrow in response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, striking against fuel...
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    Gulf of Tonkin incident (category Battles and operations of the Vietnam War in 1964)
    4 incident, Johnson had decided on retaliatory attacks (dubbed "Operation Pierce Arrow"). That same day he used the "hot line" to Moscow, and assured the...
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  • List of bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War (category Military operations of the Vietnam War)
    January 1962—January 1965. Operation Pierce Arrow: 5 August 1964. Operation Barrel Roll: 14 December 1964—29 March 1973. Operation Flaming Dart: 7 February...
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    and was selected for pilot training. On August 5, 1964, during Operation Pierce Arrow, LTJG. Alvarez's Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was shot down in the immediate...
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    Vietnamese patrol boats, Johnson ordered retaliatory air strikes (Operation Pierce Arrow) launched against the north. This did not, however, satisfy the...
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    Logical NOR (redirect from Pierce's arrow)
    Historical background […] Logical operator NOR named Peirce arrow and also known as Webb-operation. (xiii+1+123+7 pages) (NB. The back cover of this book erroneously...
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    his efforts to pass the resolution, President Johnson had ordered Operation Pierce Arrow, retaliatory air strikes on North Vietnamese naval bases. The Gulf...
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    sortie of the Vietnam War on 5 August 1964, flying bomber escort in Operation Pierce Arrow. Navy fighter pilots were unused to flying with a non-pilot RIO...
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