October 4, 1997
Nothing official for the day.
The Freedom ship Columbus Freedom is delivered in Pascagoula, Mississippi and the tanker Caliente is delivered in Baltimore, Maryland.
The commander of the USS Missouri is relieved of command for the unauthorized release of a nuclear-tipped TLAM cruise missile two days before. He is evacuated to Yokohama, Japan.
NATO forces in Bavaria launch a counterattack against Italian and Soviet forces that recently captured Augsburg. Ironically, the NATO attack is supported by the 17th Field Artillery Brigade, which is fighting to recapture its long-time peacetime barracks.
The attack submarine USS Olympia attacks the submarine support ship Amga and its escorting frigate Norka in the Barents Sea, sinking both Soviet ships as they sortied to support extended missile submarine patrols. The American sub expends its last Harpoon missiles in the mission.
The Indian government authorizes immediate retaliation for the Pakistani nuclear attacks on two of its three nuclear-capable air bases and major economic and population centers. Within hours, Indian Jaguar strike aircraft are roaring over Pakistan, wiping out the two Pakistani air bases that launched the strikes as well as the cities of Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Islamabad. As the Indian aircraft are headed into Pakistani airspace, a second wave of Pakistani aircraft are headed eastbound, striking additional population and economic targets in the Indian heartland.
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I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
Last edited by chico20854; 10-20-2022 at 10:21 AM.
Reason: wrong battleship!
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