Operation Kingpin*
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Date: November 21, 1970*
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Location: Son Tay, Democratic Republic of Vietnam*
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Battle Type: US Assault vs. North Vietnam Defend*
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Note: This scenario is designed to be played from US side.*
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"We are going to rescue 70 American prisoners of war, maybe more, from a camp called Son Tay. This is something American prisoners have a right to expect from their fellow soldiers. The target is 23 miles west of Hanoi. You are to let nothing, nothing interfere with the operation. Our mission is to rescue prisoners, not take prisoners. And if we walk into a trap, if it turns out that they know we're coming, don't dream about walking out of North Vietnam - unless you've got wings on your feet. We'll be 100 miles from Laos; it's the wrong part of the world for a big retrograde movement. If there's been a leak, we'll know it as soon as the second or the third chopper sets down; that's when they'll cream us. If it happens, I want to keep this force together. We will back up to the Song Con River and, by Christ, let them come across that God damn open ground. We'll make them pay for every foot across the son-of-a-bitch." - Briefing given by Colonel Arthur "Bull" Simons to the men of US rescue party on November 20, 1970.*
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Source: Lt. Gen. Leroy J. Manor, USAF (Ret.), "The Son Tay Raid, November 21, 1970."*
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USA Department of Defense map NF 48-11 Hanoi, Viet-Nam (1:250,000) was used in the creation of the scenario.*
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Designed by Alexander V. Byrikhin 
