By Peter Mersky, Tom Tullis
Identified to its pilots because the final of the gunfighters as a result of its quartet of Colt-Browning Mk 12 20 mm cannon, the F-8 Crusader was once numerically the main populous fighter within the US military at first of Americas involvement within the Vietnam clash in 1964 – a few 482 F-8C/D/Es built 17 frontline devices.
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With contact broken between the attacking Chinese and the retreating allies, US military commanders were suddenly in the dark as to where the Chinese were massing for their next attack. 24 Bob Brewer Where will the Chinese strike next? To determine where the next blow would fall, a beaten and retreating Eighth US Army turned to special operations to parachute Korean spotter agents between it and the advancing enemy. A combination of ingenuity and guts soon rushed the answer through a communications system used since biblical times.
7. , 19. 8. Maj Robert B. Brewer, US Army, Retired, former FEC/LG officer, to Joseph C. Goulden, author of Korea: The Untold Story, letter, 12 December 1984. 9. , 49. 10. Brewer, “Study Regarding Parachute Agent Problems (U),” Joint Special Operations Center, FEC/LG, 3 September 1950, attached as appendix 2 to Stevens, vol. ” (Confidential) Information extracted is unclassified. 11. Stevens, 20, 31. 12. , 43. 13. Ibid. 14. Brig Gen Harry C. 0512-1716), 12–15 August 1986, 53. (Secret) Information extracted is unclassified.
Encompassing leaflet drops and speaker missions. FIREFLY Operations: Flare drops . . to aid ground units . . in night combat . . and bomber A/C in night attack of enemy. 42 OTHER Missions: As may be assigned by 5th Air Force. 1 The combat doctrine document left little doubt in the minds of newly assigned personnel as to the hazardous nature of the duty confronting them. No one was asking for volunteers this time and the three- or four-day period allowed for indoctrination of new members in unit mission and procedures didn’t allow for slow learners.