The Don Englebreston Collection
Scrapbook Page: Dak Blah River, Ho Chi Minh Trail, and Captured 12.7mm Gun, Vietnam 1969
This scrapbook page, part of the SGT Miller Vietnam War photo collection, documents scenes from the Dak To/Kontum border region of South Vietnam in 1969. The captions reference the Dak Blah river, a stretch of the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail, and a captured 12.7mm heavy machine gun seized by a 'Hatchet Force' near a reconnaissance company's orderly room - terminology associated with MACV-SOG's covert cross-border reconnaissance operations against North Vietnamese infiltration routes. Project: 219360