Members of a MACV-SOG reconnaissance element, likely including indigenous Montagnard personnel, gather at a forward position during Operation Tailwind, the 1970 cross-border incursion into Laos. Photographs like this one, taken by participants such as Don Boudreaux, offer a rare candid look at the daily life of the secretive teams who operated deep behind enemy lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Project: 219441