The Don Englebreston Collection
Aerial Reconnaissance View of River Valley and Trail Camp, Laos Border Region, Operation Tailwind Collection (c. 1970)
An aerial view over rugged, jungle-covered terrain along a river in the Laos border region, part of the photographic record associated with Operation Tailwind, a 1970 covert MACV-SOG operation. A cluster of structures near a dirt road illustrates the type of trail encampments that dotted the Ho Chi Minh Trail logistics network targeted by such missions. Project: 219432