In the Christmas bombing of Hanoi, great sections of the city were demolished.
Obama's trip was cut short after he dealt with the attempted Christmas bombing of Northwest Flight 253.
The damage inflicted in the Christmas bombing was dramatic, and the North Vietnamese soon resumed negotiating.
During the Christmas 1972 bombing of North Vietnam, more than 150 B-52's flew from here.
The struggle over bombing limits continued through the Christmas bombing of 1972.
It has lain where it fell for more than 26 years, since the two-week-long "Christmas bombing" of Hanoi in 1972.
Mr. Son was a boy of 11 during the Christmas bombing, too young to be frightened, he said.
Mr. Nam, wearing a green pith helmet and brown pajamas, waved his hand wearily when asked what he thought of the Christmas bombing.
That was during the Christmas bombing - he really didn't like that.
Incidentally, he also asserts wrongly that Richard Nixon's "Christmas bombing" of Hanoi in 1972 made peace possible.