Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History (Ep-6) America's Enemy (1954-1967)' (June 18, 1965, at 44:10)

(Friday, June 18, 1965, 1965, 6:48 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Under Operation Arc Light, B-52 aircraft were used for the first time today in the Vietnam War.

Flying out of Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, 27 B-52s dropped 750 and 1,000-pound bombs on a Viet Cong stronghold.