A camouflaged jungle shelter, likely a forward base or way station encountered during cross-border reconnaissance operations, is shown alongside a heavily equipped soldier. This image comes from the Gene McCarley Collection, connected to MACV-SOG (Studies and Observations Group) operations and the 1970 Operation Tailwind incursion into Laos, part of the secret war fought by American and allied indigenous forces along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Project: 219480