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The story behind the mission on September 12th 1972.
With the talks in Paris regarding peace in Vietnam teetering, in part due to false accusations by Jane Fonda and her sources, that claimed the United States was bombing the dike systems of North Vietnam. The US Navy was called upon to provide reconnaissance evidence of some 28 waypoints along the Red River system, to the contrary. While there is proof dike bombing was considered by Nixon and his staff, as well as use of nuclear weapons, neither would come to fruition. It was in fact a severe Monsoon Season, and the flooding in the North was NOT due to raids from the American Navy/Air Force.
Picture the Strike Operations Room of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga in the Gulf of Tonkin. Inside it, are most of the top brass from Pacific Fleet and Carrier Division, preparing to brief the combat hardened F-4J Phantom and RA-5C crews, of VF-31 and RVAH-1. On the table in this room is, the phone that never rings. Phantom pilot Lt....

Art is but one of many passions for me. I believe creativity and imagination requires no formal training and all of us have an artist within. I spent much of my life drawing and painting in traditional ways, but years ago, I found with my computer I could create far more than my skills with a pencil or brush could ever produce. What took me days or weeks by hand, now took hours and allowed me to go places with art I only dreamed of before! I have also added photography to my galleries as another way to create. On my pages you will find everything from aviation and architecture to still life, all featured as fine art. -Peter-