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Google Earth Research Screenshot: Loss-Site/Pickup-Zone Grid Analysis, Vietnam-Laos Border Region

Google Earth Research Screenshot: Loss-Site/Pickup-Zone Grid Analysis, Vietnam-Laos Border Region

A 2015 Google Earth screenshot used in ongoing research to pinpoint a wartime aircraft loss site and associated pickup zone along the rugged Vietnam-Laos border. Researchers cross-reference historical grid coordinates from 1968 and 1998 searches with modern satellite imagery to help locate and honor sites tied to missing American personnel from the Vietnam War. Project: 219067