#9: The Devastating Impact of B-52 Bombing Raids in Vietnam
The United States military ramped up Operation Arc Light, sending massive B-52 Stratofortress bombers over South Vietnam. Heavy carpet-bombing campaigns targeted suspected Viet Cong strongholds west of Saigon, leaving vast agricultural areas completely pockmarked. These airstrikes disrupted local farming communities, destroyed crucial crops, and reshaped the physical landscape.
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