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Friday, February 24, 2023

With AC-130 Gunships over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1971

William Van der Ven was a photographer with the U.S. Air Force based in Thailand in 1971. He documented a wide variety of missions, combat and otherwise. In this excerpt, he shares memories of twelve missions over the Ho Chi Minh Trail aboard AC-130 gunships.

VIDEO HERE  (23:39 minutes)