Veteran Voices from the Ho Chi Minh Trail – Staff Sergeant E5 Ed Wolcoff Veteran Voices from the Ho Chi Minh Trail – Staff Sergeant E5 Ed Wolcoff By Virginia Morris . 28 September 2023 Ed Wolcoff was part of Studies and Observations Group (SOG), a highly classified unit conducting covert unconventional warfare missions during…
HISTORY OF THE HO CHI MINH TRAIL – ROUTE 20 By Virginia Morris . 20 September 2023 Pictures By Clive Hills Route 20 in Laos is an historic part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and when I first went there in the late 1990s it looked as if the war had not long ended….
The Constellation Hotel Vientiane Location-https://goo.gl/maps/wemEzPEAmFfQd7gR7 In the capital city of every war-torn country exists a curious oddity: a War Hotel. In Beirut, it was The Commodore; In Saigon, The Caravelle. War Hotels are the one sanctuary amidst the chaos and destruction of war, where journalists, diplomats, pilots, spies, war profiteers, smugglers, soldier, and mercenary,…
Tham Phanang Location: Ban Phanang Khammouane N17° 20.383′ E105° 11.368 The cave (Tham) is located just past the Ban Phanang -Mahaxai District, you can ask the locals to show you or just follow the over head electric cables past the village. The cave was home to 1000’s of people during the war, there are…
Operation Lam Son 719 Museum Location: Ban Dong Savannkhet N16° 38.088′ E106° 25.739′ There is museum dedicated to the battle that took place in this area on Feb 8, 1971 – Mar 25, 1971. The South Vietnamese Army was to throw everything at this area to try to stop the flow of Arms into…
After 8 months of being Locked down or having travel bans in place, I finally got the chance to go for a ride. The plan was to go as far down the trail as Saravan. I set of the day before New Year’s Eve and made it to Nam Ngum lakes for the 1st…
Left Behind Bombs-UXO- War Scrap. You would imagine that there wouldn’t be much left behind in the way of bombs, as they blow up on impact and that’s the end of them. Unfortunately the bombing campaign over Laos yielded a figure of 30%,which failed to do there job, a large number. They have a warranty,…
Air Craft Fuel Drop Tanks. Location: Khammouane Province Ban Thabak-N18° 14.027′ E104° 39.742′ As a way of extending the flight duration, exterior fuel tanks were fitted on the wings or the main fuselage. Some Tanks were 600 gallons, some 2500 liters extending range considerably. Once empty the tanks were jettisoned and would fall…
Route 23: Savannakhet Tad Hay Bridge. Location: N16° 16.760′ E105° 57.534′ The Red Princes Bridge. Over the Xe Bang Heing River, this bridge was built in 1942 and designed by Souphanouvong who became the first President of Lao PDR in 1975. It was destroyed by the American bombing in 1967. South West of…
Electronic Warfare On the Ho Chi Minh Trail – Igloo White The war against the trucks on the Ho Chi Minh trail was an intense one. Day and night Fighter planes would be called in to hit targets on the trail, causing huge disruption to the supply line. The NVA though were masters at…
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