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Bat 21Rescue in Vietnam: From the Archive

Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories by Robert Kirk

Feb 12, 202640:17Society & Culture

On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, two EB-66 aircraft, call signs Bat 21 and Bat 22 were flying pathfinder escort for three B-52s, which were assigned to bomb the two primary access routes to the Ho Chi Minh Trail through...

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Bat 21Rescue in Vietnam: From the Archive is an episode from Warriors In Their Own Words | First Person War Stories by Robert Kirk. On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, two EB-66 aircraft, call signs Bat 21 and Bat 22 were flying pathfinder esc...

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Published Feb 12, 2026, 40:17 long, audio available.