Yankee Station — North of Dong Hoi, Vietnam, July 15, 1968: 500-pound bombs are loaded onto a A-6A Intruder by the flight-deck crew of the USS America. Several U.S naval ships took part in Operation Sea Dragon, conducting naval bombardments at targets north of Dong Hoi, North Vietnam.

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