Ritchie and DeBellevue's assignment on May 10, 1972, the initially significant day of air overcome in Operation Linebacker, was as factor chief (Oyster 03) of one of two flights of the F-4D MiGCap for the morning strike drive. In 1972, Secretary of the Army Robert Frederick Froehlke ordered all 167 cleared. William Pratt Gossett (1930-2003) was a Marine Corps, Army, and Army Air Forces veteran who observed action in Korea and Vietnam.