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Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal is to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam.
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Operation Commando Hunt
Part of the Vietnam War (1968–1972)
Operation Commando Hunt was a covert U.S. Seventh Air Force and U.S. Navy Task Force 77 aerial interdiction campaign that took place during the Vietnam War. The operation began on 15 November 1968 and ended on 29 March 1972. The objective of the campaign was to prevent the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ho Chi Minh trail
Network of roads in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia used by the Viet Cong from 1959 to 1975
The Ho Chi Minh Trail, also called Annamite Range Trail was a logistical network of roads and trails that ran from North Vietnam to South Vietnam through the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia. The system provided support, in the form of manpower and materiel, to the Viet Cong and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Laos
Country in Southeast Asia
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. The country has a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
South Vietnam
Country in Southeast Asia (1955–1975)
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered international recognition in 1949 as the associated State of Vietnam within the French Union, with its capital at Saigon. Since 1950, it was a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)