THOMAS NORRIS
n March 30, 1972, 14 North Vietnamese Army divisions crossed the Demilitarized Zone in attacks known as the Easter Offensive. On Sunday, April 2, a U.S. Air Force EB-66 radar-jamming aircraft was shot down in enemy-controlled territory just south of the DMZ, killing five crewmen, while the only survivor, Lt. Col. Iceal B. Hambleton, call sign “Bat 21,” parachuted into an area swarmed by thousands of NVA troops.
