Operation This-or-That

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1. What was Operation Lam Son 719/Dewey Canyon? B-52 bomber defense of Khe Sanh Supply distribution from facilities at Cam Rahn Bay Invasion of Cambodia to attack NVA sanctuaries Invasion of Laos by South Vietnamese forces

2. What was Operation Game Warden? Missions to drive VC in large scale ambushes Efforts to protect troops on patrol from wildlife Interdiction of VC supplies in Mekong Delta area Moving villagers into protected areas

3. What was Operation Rolling Thunder? Multiple artillery barrages on pre-selected targets Efforts to better predict monsoon storms that affected bombing missions Bombing campaign against North Vietam ordered by President Johnson A series of Bob Hope shows with a hard rock band from the US

4. What was Operation Niagara? Air and artillery defense of Khe Sanh during the TET Offensive Riverine efforts to interdict VC supplies moving down rivers and canals Naval missions to harass North Vietnamese coastal installations Efforts to fight sexual diseases in GI frequented brothels

5. What was Operation Cedar Falls? A pacification effort in the villages of South Vietnam Clearing VC from small towns after the TET offensive An effort to push the VC out of the Iron Triangle Navy SEAL operation at the Michellin rubber plantation

6. What was Operation End Sweep? Efforts to come up behind NVA troops coming down the Ho Chi Minh Trail Air Force program of doing quickly paced bombing missions on the same target Stopping draft dodgers heading for Canada Clearing of US mines from Vietnam's waterways by the US Navy

7. What was Operation Toan Thang 42? An army effort to destroy the VC tunnels at Cu Chi A military police effort to shut down the 42 worst brothels in Saigon A special forces effort to snatch high ranking NVA officers The incursion of Cambodia by US and ARVN forces

8. What was Operation Frequent Wind? Ongoing effort to improve weather prediction for pilots G.I. slang for what happened in the officer latrines Bombing missions in Cambodia in support of the US and ARVN invasion Evacuation of Americans from Saigon in April 1975

9. What was Operation Ranch Hand? Special Forces reconnaissance of the Ho Chi Minh Trail Large scale effort to drive VC into ambush sites Air Force defoliation efforts using Agent Orange Clearing vegetation around US bases with large plows

10. What was Operation Starlite? A 1965 Marine effort to destroy a VC regiment in Quang Tri Province Training troops to navigate by stars Development program to develop night vision googles Night time aerial reconnaissance

11. What was Operation Steel Tiger? An operation that set a three prong trap for the VC in the Mekong Delta An interdiction effort along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Laos panhandle An effort to increase security around US airbases A test of new artillery beehive (flechette) munitions

12. What was Operation Thunderhead? A 1972 mission to locate some POWs that supposedly escaped from a prison near Hanoi Efforts to develop better waether prediction The development of an all-weather fighter-bomber Massive B-52 raids on suspect NVA staging areas

13. What was Operation Homecoming? The return of US prisoners of war Medical check-ups of returning GIs by local VA hospitals Ticker tape parades in New York City after the war ended Activities by anti-war protesters to harrass returning troops

14. What was Operation Apache Snow? Effort to harass NVA base areas in the A Shau Training rotation for returning troops in cold weather combat in the Colorado Mountains A Laos covert intelligence gathering by an all Native American Special Forces team This was not a real operation

15. What was Operation Babylift? Removing young and inexperienced soldiers from line units Effort to provide military transportation for orphanages affected by US bombing Evacuation of 2000 orphans to the US for adoption Effort to hold US soldiers financially responsible for their Amerasian children