![]() The two operations were called “Operation Pocket Money” and “Operation Custom Tailor.” The task of one operation would be the aerial seeding of mines at the approaches and channel into Haiphong Harbor the task of the second operation would be to suppress gunfire from the North Vietnamese shore batteries located principally on Cat Ba Island and along the Do Son Peninsula. ![]() Navy’s 7 th Fleet to put together two joint-operations. President Nixon’s orders required the U.S. Also, Nixon contended that the raids and the mining were calculated to pressure the North Vietnamese government into resuming critical negotiations to achieve peace in Vietnam. Nixon defended his escalation of the air and sea war as crucial to cut off the flow of supplies to North Vietnamese troops fighting in the South and to protect the lives of American forces still in Vietnam. On May 8, 1972, President Richard Nixon ordered the mining of Haiphong Harbor’s approaches and channels. Navy in Vietnam, 1972 would prove to be a busy year of conducting numerous and dangerous combat operations. Most Americans probably believed that by 1972, the war in Vietnam was essentially winding down. ![]() Expanded story from: “Striking Eight Bells: A Vietnam Memoir.” “Operation Pocket Money and Operation Custom Tailor.” “Another story on what most Americans don’t know about the Navy’s role in the Vietnam War?” ![]()
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