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July 24, 1965

SAM Missiles Down US Plane

SAM Site
SAM Missle Site

Ground to air missiles fire at four US Phantoms over Vietnam, shooting down one and damaging three. This marks the first time that US planes are attacked by surface to air missiles (SAM).