“What was the America’s role in the world and what were the lessons of Vietnam?”

January 15 1973 – United States President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.

Vietnam War was also known as the Second Indochina War, and American War occurred from 1965 to the 30^th of April 1975; and Vietnam Conflict when include what occurred from 1959 to the 30^th of April 1975. It was fought between North Vietnam which is the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and South Vietnam which is the US supported Republic of Vietnam.

On the 15^th of January 1973, US President Nixon announced the suspension of offensive action against North Vietnam. And on the 27^th of January 1973 the Paris Peace Accords on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam were signed which officially ends the direct involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War.

On the 30^th of April 1975, Vietnam War was officially ended. North Vietnam emerges as the victor. The result of the end of war was territorial changes: dissolution of South Vietnam and reunification of Vietnam.

Some of the Aircrafts used during the Vietnam War:

American Aircraft:

- The Douglas A-1 Skyraider was formerly known as AD Skyraider. It was a US attack aircraft. It had a remarkably long and successful career well into space age.

- It carried various nicknames such as Spad, Able Dog, the Destroyer, Hobo, Firefly, Zorro, The Big Gun, Old Faithful, Old Miscellaneous, Fat Face, Guppy, Q-Bird, Flying Dumptruck, Sandy, and Crazy Water Buffalo.

- The Douglas A-26 Invader was a light attack bomber aircraft.

- It has an unusual design for an attack bomber during its period.

Enemy Aircraft:

Mil Mi-24 Hind

- The Mil Mi-24 has a NATO reporting name of Hind.

- It was a large attack helicopter and low capacity troop transport.

- It was called by Soviet pilots as letayushiy tank or flying tank or Krokodil (Crocodile) due to its camouflage and fuselage shape.

- Most common variant of MiG-15.

- It has a NATO reporting name of Midget

- It was a two-seat dual control jet trainer

Apollo 8 Splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, Ending Humanity’s First Manned Mission to the Moon

The Apollo program is definitely considered one of the most famous American history of the world. The program represents the very first time a human being sets foot on an extraterrestrial mass of land.

Apollo 8 was the first among the Apollo series which have successfully orbit the moon, and the first manned spacecraft to leave Earth’s gravity and reach the moon. On December 27, 1968, a tragic event happened. Apollo 8 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, after a mission elapsed time of 147 hrs, 0 mins, 42 sec. The splashdown point was 8 degrees 7.5 min N, 165 degrees 1.2 min W, 1,000 miles SSW of Hawaii and 5 km (3mi) from the recovery ship U.S.S. Yorktown.

It was really fortunate that the spacecraft achieved operational experience and testing of the Apollo command module systems such as communications, tracking and life-support. Otherwise, history might just repeat itself. Remember the Apollo 1 tragedy that happened in January 27, 1967? It was considered one of the worst tragedies in spaceflight history wherein the spacecraft’s crews, Edward White, Roger Chaffee and Virgil Grissom were killed in the process in a fire inside the Apollo Command Module during a preflight test at Cape Canaveral. It was concluded that failure in communication was the culprit. The crews suffered from serious burns and massive smoke inhalation which caused their sudden deaths.

Since then, changes had been made to the Apollo Command Module as a result of the tragedy and which in turn, resulted in many highly reliable spacecrafts including the Apollo 8.

The Apollo 8 Command Module currently resides at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois.

About the Author:
Jules Elgincolin, is a copy writer of Warplanes.com

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