The Don Englebreston Collection
Operation Tailwind Insertion/Extraction Topographic Map, Ben Giang, Vietnam-Laos Border
A military topographic map of the Ben Giang region along the Vietnam-Laos border, marked with the insertion and extraction points used during Operation Tailwind, a September 1970 covert MACV-SOG ground reconnaissance mission into Laos. Maps such as this guided helicopter crews and ground teams operating in one of the war's most sensitive and controversial cross-border campaigns. Project: 219428