Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General John P. McConnell, states before a Senate Subcommittee that adopting a graduated bombing policy in North Vietnam was a mistake. Three days later, Secretary of Defense McNamara admitted that the bombing of North Vietnam had not materially affected Hanoi's "warmaking capability."
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Aug 22, 1967:
Graduated bombing policy condemned
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This Week in History, Aug 22 - Aug 28
- Aug 22, 1962
- Kennedy reports stalemate in Vietnam
- Aug 22, 1967
- Graduated bombing policy condemned
- Aug 22, 1968
- VC repudiates Johnson's peace overture
- Aug 22, 1972
- Demonstrators disrupt Republican National Convention in Miami Beach
- Aug 23, 1966
- U.S. cargo ship strikes a mine near Saigon
- Aug 23, 1968
- Communist forces renew offensive
- Aug 24, 1963
- Washington changes policy on support for President Diem
- Aug 24, 1969
- U.S. unit refuses commander's order
- Aug 24, 1970
- B-52s conduct heavy raids along the DMZ
- Aug 25, 1967
- McNamara concedes that bombing is less than effective
- Aug 25, 1971
- 173rd Airborne Brigade departs Vietnam
- Aug 26, 1964
- Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president
- Aug 26, 1967
- Major George E. Day shot down over North Vietnam
- Aug 26, 1968
- Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago
- Aug 27, 1970
- Agnew meets with President Thieu in Saigon
- Aug 27, 1972
- U.S. aircraft conduct heavy raids on Hanoi and Haiphong
- Aug 28, 1966
- North Vietnamese pilots being trained in Soviet Union
- Aug 28, 1967
- More voices raised against the war
- Aug 28, 1968
- DNC endorses Johnson administration platform on the war in Vietnam
- Aug 28, 1972
- U.S. Air Force gets its first ace since Korean War
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