11th ACR  | 22 Jan 2013 8:28 a.m. PST |
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Sundance  | 22 Jan 2013 8:58 a.m. PST |
Follow the Ho Chi Minh
Follow the Ho Chi Minh
Follow the Ho Chi Minh Trail… |
 Tango 2 3 Ditto | 22 Jan 2013 8:59 a.m. PST |
Beautiful pictures. Rather alarming all the scrap left behind, though. Some pictures made me wince wrt UXO. That was really worth a good read, thanks for posting it.
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Tim |
 Legion 4 | 22 Jan 2013 8:59 a.m. PST |
Great link ! Very interesting ! Thanks ! |
| Gaz0045 | 22 Jan 2013 9:13 a.m. PST |
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| Xintao | 22 Jan 2013 11:30 a.m. PST |
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 McKinstry  | 22 Jan 2013 12:25 p.m. PST |
Very cool. Nakon Phanom RTAF was all about the Trail. |
| Huscarle | 22 Jan 2013 2:02 p.m. PST |
Fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing this gem. |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 22 Jan 2013 2:21 p.m. PST |
I've forwarded that to my brother. |
| Oddball | 22 Jan 2013 3:02 p.m. PST |
A very good photo series on the area, but this comment kinda made me think.. "Between 1964 and 1973 the US bombed Laos continuously, despite Laos being a peaceful, neutral country and despite the US never openly declaring war on Laos". If Laos was a peaceful, neutral country why were there so many communist weapons of war in the country along the trail. Doesn't allowing a foriegn military force to use your roadway make you not neutral? |
 Meiczyslaw | 22 Jan 2013 4:55 p.m. PST |
Doesn't allowing a foriegn military force to use your roadway make you not neutral? As I recall, being unable to control your borders -- in this case, allowing the NVA to use the trail -- is one of those things that establishes that you don't really "own" the territory. |
| tuscaloosa | 22 Jan 2013 5:09 p.m. PST |
Must have been an interesting trip. |
 DuckanCover | 23 Jan 2013 7:46 p.m. PST |
Interesting read…… The photos of some of those ERW made me wince though. The interior shot of that T-54/55 hull was novel. Metal detectors are obviously a booming item along the Trail.
Duck
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