Puff the Magic Dragon: The AC-47 “Spooky“ Gunship

Subscribe to Dark Docs: The Vietnam War was still in its early years. The war of attrition had escalated on both sides. The North Vietnamese Army were emboldened by victories earlier that year and were working with guerrilla fighters of the dreaded Vietcong to move south and infiltrate U.S. and South Vietnamese strongholds. It was the night of December 23rd, and forces in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, or the ARVN, were stationed at the Trahn Yend outpost on th