Operation Nickel Grass

[Book]

Operation Nickel Grass (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=1280&bih=525&q=Operation+Nickel+Grass&gbv=2&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=iw#sclient=psy&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=525&gbv=2&source=hp&q=Operation+Nickel+Grass&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=Operation+Nickel+Grass&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=2304850557947867)

:) A little stroll down Memory Lane.

[ShortJohnSilver]

Another effect of the operation was the near-resignation of then United States chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General George Brown. Brown was reportedly livid that American weapons and munitions were being sent to a foreign country at the same time that the American command in Vietnam was protesting a lack of supplies in its theater of operations.