The Don Englebreston Collection

Hand-Annotated Ho Chi Minh Trail Interdiction Map with Delta Point Reference Grid

Hand-Annotated Ho Chi Minh Trail Interdiction Map with Delta Point Reference Grid

This hand-annotated map fragment reflects the kind of operational reference grids used by Forward Air Controllers, including the 'Misty' fast-FAC pilots, to pinpoint targets along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. Numbered 'Delta Points' and named locations such as Mu Gia Pass and Ban Nape mark key infiltration routes and known enemy transit corridors that were the focus of years of American air interdiction efforts during the Vietnam War. Project: 218862