Battle of Site 85 event
also: attack, the attack
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North Vietnameseorganization · 7United Statescountry · 5Vietnamcountry · 5Site 85operation · 4U.S. Air Forceorganization · 4Defendersperson · 3Volunteersorganization · 3General Langleyperson · 2Communistsperson · 2Friendliesperson · 2Laoscountry · 2Soviet Unioncountry · 1Chief Etchbergerperson · 1Air Force Captainperson · 1Thai Sergeantperson · 1U.S. Ambassador to Laosperson · 1Americansperson · 1Air Americaorganization · 1Thailandcountry · 1Hmong peopleorganization · 1CIAintelligence service · 1Eric Gairyperson · 1
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▶ 8:01
On a one-year contract, this reclassification conveniently sidestepped the Geneva Peace Accords in 1962 that said they weren't supposed to be in Laos. It did not, however, fool the North Vietnamese. On March 10th, 1968, North Vietnamese for…
▶ 8:30
up the inclined side of the mountain, creating a diversion. Specially trained North Vietnamese commandos, reputedly led by Soviet troops, scaled the cliffs. Small garrison was caught in a pincer movement, quickly realizing that they were va…
▶ 8:59
Helicopters belonging to Air America in Laos and airborne forward air controllers called Ravens responded. The Ravens flying their light single engine Cessna circled the mountain directing fighter strikes against the advancing communist for…
▶ 9:28
Of the 15 US Air Force personnel listed as manning the site, only four were located and pulled to safety. The other 11 remained accountable. And what they had done, according to the material, was when the helicopter, they couldn't even actu…
▶ 9:59
As soon as the top of the mountain had been evacuated, the friendlies, Thai and Mao defenders, were ordered to destroy all of the heavy equipment, break contact, and abandon their positions. The site and its secret communication gear had to…
▶ 10:27
now rolled in and delivered the bomb loads on the mountain. And I don't think this guy has the whole hit, what actually happened right there, because it's much more specific, but we'll just continue. So they started bombing it. And there we…
▶ 11:04
Thousands of pounds of bombs rained down on the mountaintop, virtually destroying what remained of the site. As this was happening, the Hmong and Thai defenders had managed to break contact and had reached a rallying point where heads were …
▶ 11:27
However, one Thai sergeant reported that he had seen three of the Air Force technicians at the site being taken prisoner and led away. Though this report was given to U.S. intelligence almost immediately and no bodies were ever recovered, t…
▶ 11:56
That stated the three prisoners from Site 85 were brought to a village near the mountain by the North Vietnamese. And after parading them in front of villagers for propaganda effect, they had been taken back to a cave. They were later moved…
▶ 12:25
while conducting research for a doctoral degree, managed to interview a former patient Lao general. The general claimed to have been involved in that attack and related the fact that three American technicians had indeed been captured and h…