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Prime source for this article

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One Day Too Long: Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam by Timothy Castle, ISBN 978-0-32110-317-6 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum

A complete recounting of the L85 disaster through 1998 by a reputable historian publishing via Columbia University Press.

Georgejdorner (talk) 22:52, 7 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Lima Site designation in lead

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Referenced at present to Conboy's Shadow War. No room in cites used for page numbers—in this case, pages 103-4.

Georgejdorner (talk) 16:02, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Additional source suggested, 1/9

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Editors may wish to include reference to AF Col. (ret'd) Lawrence E. Pence's account of his intelligence coup from the second crashed AN-2, entitled "Freedom Bird" and found at this link: http://1stmob.com/s17.htm. I am in contact with Col. Pence. -- Doug McNeal, 1/9/2017 173.73.12.46 (talk) 04:03, 10 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Recommend merge

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Battle of Lima Site 85 already covers this site in greater detail in a Good article. Any details from this article that are not included in Battle of Lima Site 85 can be incorporated before deletion.Georgejdorner (talk) 16:35, 23 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Technicians

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The article refers to US troops as "technicians". This sounds like covert language to hide the true nature. Wikipedia should be more clear what they were. Technician could be a computer engineer or something equally benign, and not eg. the SOF. -- GreenC 15:55, 10 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]