Lao People

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Flat tires…

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Ho Chi Minh trail shot down plane

Ho Chi Minh trail crashed jet Fighter

U.S. Air Force Maj. Wendell Keller and his co-pilot, Lt. Virgil ‘Mike’ Meroney, prowl the night sky above Laos in their F-4D Phantom jet, on the lookout for North Vietnamese forces stealthily making their way along the Ho Chi Minh Trail far below. Muzzle flashes suddenly reveal the location of anti-aircraft guns. Nearly out of [...]

Legend of the, Ho Chi Minh trail

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The Legend of the Ho Chi Minh trail, there are few brand names to match that of the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the secret, shifting, network of deep jungle tracks that led to the Victory for Vietnam war.       Well here I sit in Laos again, I have been putting around the place [...]