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Not a "new" military weapon, by any stretch of the imagination, but I recall the first time it happened in Viet Nam - our Company Commander had requested air support from Battalion and they said that it was on the way - to "get everybody's heads down and STAY down'
a couple of minutes later the B-52s came Hell, you could barely see the con trails they were so high.....and then the bombing started.
My God in heaven....the earth was actually shaking....and everyone in my unit was SCREAMING.....Lordy but those things were effective.
20 Minutes later - the jungle and the canopy in front of us (1,000 yards) was gone - and so was every living thing with it...from that point on, when we left the fire base to head out - we were all hoping that those damned '52s were too busy to help us if we needed them....
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