The Don Englebreston Collection
Captured Enemy Ordnance Cache and Rifle, Field Photograph — Operation Tailwind Mission Slide Series (Slide 18)
A faded color slide from the 'Operation Tailwind' mission series documents a cache of enemy ordnance and a captured rifle found by a MACV-SOG reconnaissance team during cross-border operations in Laos, circa 1970. Photographs like this one, taken in the field under difficult conditions, provided intelligence on enemy logistics and armament along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Project: 219490