The Don Englebreston Collection
Tailwind Extraction Area — Annotated 1970 Topographic Map, Laos (Joe Parnar Collection)
This annotated 1970 topographic map, drawn from period Army Map Service sheets of Laos, marks the helicopter extraction area used during Operation Tailwind, a 1970 MACV-SOG cross-border reconnaissance-in-force mission. Maps like this one help researchers and veterans alike reconstruct the terrain and logistics of the operation decades later. Project: 219493