The Don Englebreston Collection
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A Montagnard soldier of a MACV-SOG force walks to safety laughing despite a fresh head wound, photographed during or just after Operation Tailwind. Part of the Gene McCarley Collection assembled for the historical record of the September 1970 cross-border raid into Laos, it stands as a striking testament to the courage and human cost borne by the indigenous troops who fought alongside American Special Forces.
Lt. Col. Gene McCarley and Team Member Koch, MACV-SOG, Vietnam War
Extraction After Operation Tailwind - 'Mike Rose', Laos, September 1970
