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| Milforum's Bouncer | I would think so since Vietnam was spread over a longer period of time.
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| Centurion | Post; bombsapproximately 3.4 million tons.
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| Godfather | You know Laos was actually bombed more than Vietnam and is the most heavily bombarded country of all time. |
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| Spam King | Well what's the correct answer to the question. I think sven is close.
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| Tirones | Post; ReRef: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strateg...ng_i n_Europe RAF Bomber Cmd: 1939-1945=964,664 tons US 8th AF: 1942-1945=623,418 tons 964664+623418=1,588,082 tons FYI, 864,000 tons of ordnance dropped during Operation Rolling thunder; 653,000 tons dropped during the entire Korean Conflict;503,000 tons in the PTO in WWII. Last edited by tomtom22 : June 21st, 2007 at 11:36 PM. Reason: Spelling |
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| Milforum's Bouncer | gn4179, has it by the sources I was referencing... gn4179 your question. |
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| Tirones | Who was the commander of V Amphibious Corps? |
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| Chief Engineer ![]() | Major General Henry Schmidt, "the Dutchman", commanded the V Amphibious Corps, consisting of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Marine divisions, during the assault on Iwo Jima in 1945.
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| Spam King | dragging... I believe tomtom's correct. |
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| Milites Gregarius | Sorry, but i think tomtom is incorrect, I believe it was General Holland "Howlin Mad" Smith, he was the commander of the Corps through the course of the war, V Amphibious Corp was active from Aug. 25th, 1943 to Feb. 15th, 1946 |
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