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Author Archives: Carl O. Schuster

A B-52D Stratofortress leaves Andersen Air Force Base on Guam for a bombing run over North Vietnam. B-52s delivered 75 percent of the bomb tonnage during Operation Linebacker II, launched on Dec. 18, 1972, to pressure Hanoi into signing a peace agreement.
Posted inFeature

How Operation Linebacker II Took the North Vietnamese By Surprise

by Carl O. Schuster1/4/20231/4/2023

The Vietnam War’s final bombing campaign hit the communists hard but resulted in unnecessary American losses.

Drawing of EB-66 Destroyer with labels
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

The EB-66 Destroyer: A Life-Saving Intelligence Aircraft

by Carl O. Schuster11/29/202212/13/2022
Illustration of M54-Gun Truck with labels
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

M54 Gun Truck: The Savior of the Support Convoy

by Carl O. Schuster8/16/20229/16/2022
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

The ‘Swedish K’ Submachine Gun: A Favorite of US Special Forces

by Carl O. Schuster5/2/20225/5/2022
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

The B-57B Canberra Bomber Kept Getting Destroyed on the Ground in Vietnam

by Carl O. Schuster4/28/20225/2/2022
Posted inStories

North Vietnam’s Type 74 Flamethrower

by Carl O. Schuster4/26/20225/1/2022
Posted inStories

How Nixon’s Operation Linebacker Countered North Vietnam’s All-Out Bid to Conquer the South

by Carl O. Schuster4/5/20225/23/2022
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

The M60 General Purpose Machine Gun Was One of the Vietnam War’s Iconic Weapons

by Carl O. Schuster3/15/20226/30/2022
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

The ‘Most Important Tactical Field Item’ in the Vietnam War Wasn’t a Weapon

by Carl O. Schuster2/24/20224/12/2022
Posted inWeapons & Gear Manual

A Closer Look at the B-52G Stratofortress Bomber

by Carl O. Schuster8/10/20214/24/2022

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