Courtesy Audio | U.S. Coast Guard PADET New York | 09.11.2001
HISTORICAL AUDIO FILE: Audio files consist of U.S. Coast Guard Activities New York Command Center receiving initial notification from the sailing vessel Ventura of an explosion at the World Trade Center, on Sept. 11, 2001. Recordings continue, documenting the U.S. Coast Guard's coordination of the largest maritime evacuation in U.S. history, of nearly 500,000 people who were stranded in Lower......
Courtesy Audio | U.S. Coast Guard PADET New York | 09.11.2001
HISTORICAL AUDIO FILE: Audio files consist of U.S. Coast Guard Activities New York Command Center receiving initial notification from the sailing vessel Ventura of an explosion at the World Trade Center, on Sept. 11, 2001. Recordings continue, documenting the U.S. Coast Guard's coordination of the largest maritime evacuation in U.S. history, of nearly 500,000 people who were stranded in Lower......
Courtesy Audio | Wisconsin National Guard Public Affairs Office | 12.31.1994
Taps performed by 132nd Wisconsin Army National Guard Band
Audio by Spc. Zack Stine | AFN Wiesbaden | 12.31.1969
AFN Wiesbaden Spc. Zack Stine AFN Europe DJ of the Year submission. Stine is an AFN broadcaster assigned to American Forces Network Wiesbaden. A scoped hour is one hour of a live radio show, edited to remove the majority of music and commercials in order to showcase the DJ's show preparation, board fundamentals, and overall execution for a panel of judges. ...
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 12.31.1969
In response to the North Vietnamese’s Easter Offensive into South Vietnam in 1972, President Nixon suspended peace talks on May the 8, and ordered OPERATION LINEBACKER, the renewed bombings of North Vietnam and the aerial mining of its harbors and rivers. When North Vietnam seemed ready to talk peace in October, Nixon directed yet another bombing halt. North Vietnam then balked for two......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 12.31.1969
With the majority of U.S. troops out of South Vietnam, the North Vietnamese sensed an opportunity to end the war with a conventional invasion. On March 30, 1972, North Vietnam launched the Easter Offensive—a large, three-pronged drive into South Vietnam using heavy tanks and mobile units. U.S. airpower played an essential role in stopping the attack. The biggest battle occurred during the......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 12.31.1969
During the 1960s, the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong enjoyed sanctuaries in Cambodia, crossing the border for attacks into South Vietnam, and then fleeing back across the border to safety. Moreover, the North Vietnamese, with permission of the “neutral” Cambodian government, used Cambodian ports and roads to supply large amounts of materiel for the communist war effort in South Vietnam.......
Audio by NMUSAF PA | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force | 12.31.1969
Late in January 1968, the communists launched their famous Tet Offensive throughout South Vietnam. They hoped to achieve a dramatic victory that would force South Vietnam and the U.S. to accept defeat. First, they attacked Khe Sanh, a U.S. Marine base in far northwest South Vietnam. Nine days later, they attacked throughout the country, striking numerous installations, cities and airfields......
