What the records say
- When
- 9 May 1972
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 20.80° N, 106.67° E
- Description
- aerial mining campaign during the Vietnam War
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Operation Pocket Money
1972 U.S. blockade of North Vietnamese ports by naval mining
Operation Pocket Money was the title of a U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial mining campaign conducted against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam from 9 May 1972, during the Vietnam War. Its purpose was to halt or slow the transportation of supplies and materials for the Nguyen Hue Offensive, an invasion of the Republic of Vietnam, by forces of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), that had been launched on 30 March.
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