Military operation

Operation Niagara

Jan 1968 – Mar 1968 · 16.65° N, 106.73° E

Open on the map

What the records say

When
Jan 1968 – Mar 1968
Kind
Military operation
Coordinates
16.65° N, 106.73° E
Description
1968 military operation

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Operation Niagara

Part of the Vietnam War (1968)

Operation Niagara was a U.S. Seventh Air Force close air support campaign carried out from January through March 1968, during the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to serve as an aerial umbrella for the defense of the U.S. Marine Corps Khe Sanh Combat Base on the Khe Sanh Plateau, in western Quang Tri Province of the Republic of Vietnam.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

The source

Nearby in time and place