Operation Thunderhead
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title:
Operation Thunderhead
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Operation Thunderhead was a highly classified combat mission conducted by U.S. Navy SEAL Team One and Underwater Demolition Team 11 (UDT-11) in 1972. The mission was conducted off the coast of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War to rescue two U.S. airmen said to be escaping from a prisoner of war prison in Hanoi. The prisoners, including Air Force Colonel John A. Dramesi were planning to steal a boat and travel down the Red River to the Gulf of Tonkin. Lieutenant Melvin Spence Dry was killed on
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American amphibious mission during the Vietnam War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Thunderhead
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2023-09-23T22:09:24Z
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