The Don Englebreston Collection
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Veterans connected to Operation Tailwind gather for a group portrait beneath an American flag and ceremonial unit colors in a military headquarters setting, an image preserved in the Gene McCarley Collection. Tailwind was a 1970 MACV-SOG cross-border reconnaissance mission in Laos, later the subject of a widely publicized and ultimately retracted 1998 media controversy, and photographs like this one mark the reunions and official proceedings that brought its participants back together decades afterward.
Pentagon Press Briefing with Laos-Vietnam Border Map Display, Late 1990s
Group of Veterans Meeting with Official in Formal Office Setting, Post-Vietnam War Era
Group Portrait of Veterans, Likely Connected to Operation Tailwind, Military Headquarters Setting
