Video: Christmas bombing halt (9:14)
(Sunday, December 24, 1972, Christmas Eve; during Operation Linebacker II, part of the Vietnam War) — U.S. ‘Christmas Bombings’ of North Vietnam was temporarily halted today for 36 hours starting at 8:00 a.m. local time, although Radio Hanoi reported that raids had continued as late as 7:30 p.m. Continue reading ‘Christmas Bombings’ halted for holiday 40 years ago today (1972)