My partner pokes me in the ribs and points down into a valley beside the road. “Look over there! It’s so beautiful!” I take a quick peek, but all I see is a blur of green before I have to ...

The diary tells of the soldier’s grueling journey through Laos, over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and reveals his personal motivations for fighting. The Vietnam War has roots going back all the way to ...

For arms, ammunition and special equipment, the Vietcong depended on the Ho Chi Minh trail. Other needs were met inside South Vietnam. Main force Vietcong units were uniformed, full-time soldiers ...

Figure caption, Vietnam War Supplies being carried through jungle routes from North Vietnam to the South on the Ho Chi Minh trail These efforts to ‘manage’ the Cold War and to improve ...