&quot;infamy lingering from the carpet bombing of Vietnam&quot;<p>Carpet bombing is defined as bombing within a large boxed area with the goal of obliterating everything in the area regardless of the military value of the targets in the area.<p>Yes, B52s carpet bombed some jungle areas of Vietnam.  No, there was no carpet bombing of Hanoi, which is what this is probably referring to.  Can&#x27;t believe after all of these years the NYT is still misreporting this.  If Hanoi had been carpet bombed, it would have been leveled.  It&#x27;s obvious that bombing was limited to specific targets of military value.