Today, 60 years ago, on February 11, 1965 (Calendar 10 January 1965), the United States airstrikes North Vietnam. U.S. bombing operations escalated on February 11, 1965, the Johnson administration ordered airstrikes on North Vietnam targets in retaliation for the Hanoi-commanded parade attacks on military facilities. After the Communist parade launched the U.S. attack on the ancient military facilities in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, the U.S. Navy ordered a naval aircraft to launch its first attack on the south. The U.S. military killed eight people and injured 108 people. When North Vietnam attacked the U.S. military camp in the coastal cities, the U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft launched the most violent attack on the North Vietnamese supply warehouse in the co