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Description A U.S. Marine Corps Grumman A-6A Intruder from Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron VMA(AW)-533, a McDonnell F-4J Phantom II from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, and a U.S. Air Force F-4D conduct a LORAN-assisted bombing in Cambodia. Note the LORAN-antenna on the back of the USAF F-4D. The U.S. had set up a LORAN transmitter site in Phnom Penh to provide close air support to Cambodian government troops.
Date circa 1973
date QS:P,+1973-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph in: U.S. Marines in Vietnam. The War that Would not End 1973-1975 (part 2) , p. 25.
Author USMC

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