Meeting Thursday March 6th at 7PM
Ernie's Seafood
8206 Bedford Euless Rd. NRH, TX 76180
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March 6th, 2025 Meeting at 7PM with
Commander Bob Champney (Ret.)
presenting
Operation Linebacker II
A-6 Landing
Commander Bob Champney (Ret.) will be our March speaker. Bob was a Grumman A-6 Intruder BN (Bomb/Nav) flight officer in A-6 aircraft, and his presentation will be on Operation Linebacker II in late 1972, trying to bring the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table to end the war.
Linebacker II was the final major military operation carried out by the U. S. military during the Viet Nam war. Conducted by over 200 B-52 bombers, with additional support from Seventh Air Force and Navy Task Force 77, the operation ran from December 18 thru the 24th, a halt on December 25th for Christmas, and resumption from December 26 to 29, designed to bring the North Vietnamese to the Peace Table. On December 22nd, President Nixon asked the North Vietnamese to return to the Peace talks, and Nixon called a halt to all bombing, effective Dec. 30th, 1972.
On January 27th, 1973 the Paris Peace Accords were signed and that agreement led to the release of 591 U. S. POW's between February and March, 1973 by the North Vietnamese.
Commander Bob Champney (Ret.)