11th ACR | 22 Jan 2013 9:28 a.m. PST |
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Sundance  | 22 Jan 2013 9:58 a.m. PST |
Follow the Ho Chi Minh Follow the Ho Chi Minh Follow the Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Legion 4  | 22 Jan 2013 9:59 a.m. PST |
Great link ! Very interesting ! Thanks ! |
Gaz0045 | 22 Jan 2013 10:13 a.m. PST |
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Xintao | 22 Jan 2013 12:30 p.m. PST |
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McKinstry  | 22 Jan 2013 1:25 p.m. PST |
Very cool. Nakon Phanom RTAF was all about the Trail. |
Huscarle | 22 Jan 2013 3:02 p.m. PST |
Fascinating stuff, thanks for sharing this gem. |
SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 22 Jan 2013 3:21 p.m. PST |
I've forwarded that to my brother. |
Oddball | 22 Jan 2013 4:02 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 5:55 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 6:09 p.m. PST |
Must have been an interesting trip. |
DuckanCover | 23 Jan 2013 8:46 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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