Campaign 139 was a major military offensive of the People's Army of Vietnam, launched against its Royalist enemies during the Laotian Civil War. Larger than previous invading forces, Campaign 139 was
The AC-47 was capable of firing 6,000 rounds per minute from each of its three guns. The guns can be seen here in the cargo door and two windows ahead of it.
A typical explosion of a BLU-82. Its radius of effect is several hundred meters. Its first usage anywhere occurred on 22 March 1970, in an attempt to blunt Campaign 139.
The Kingdom of Laos was the former government of Laos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North
North Vietnamese troops march through Laos, 1967.
Pha That Luang, Vientiane, Laos