Description: Rare Map - US MILITARY - Vietnam War - Laos / Cambodia Jungle Ops Map - 1968 - Ho Chi Minh Trail - Border OperationsOperation White Star - 7th US Special Forces Group Airborne Laos / Cambodia - Khoueng Attopeu - Muang Lave - Khet Ratankiri - Srok Virachey - Ban Phiadouang - Nam Pouang - Dak Xou - Trail 14 - Ban Senlouang - US MILITARY MAP - Vietnam War Map Measures - 29 x 22.5 inches (74 x 59 cms)Series L7014Laos - Scale 1:50,000Printed - 1968 Map Number - 6438 ii LAOTIAN HIGHWAY PATROL - Operation White Star – Laos – 7th Special Forces - Recon US SPECIAL FORCES - MACV SOG Initially instigated by the SOE in 1959 ‘Operation White Star’ was set-up to train members of the Meo Tribe to resist the growing threat of the Pathet Lao, the Communist's in Laos. Operation White Star was discontinued in 1962 after the Geneva Accords. It was revived with a defined role and renewed vigour in 1965. Led by US Special Forces, Major Larry Thorne, Op 35 (Operation White Star and later named Operation Shining Brass) was set-up to fight the Pathet Lao and the North Vietnamese inside Laos. It consisted of three stages; US Special Forces Recon into Laos (from South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia) to identify trails used and base camps of enemy. US Special Forces led, Exploitation Commando units including Montagnard Special Forces annihilation of VC / Pathet Lao Base Camps. US Special Forces Operatives remaining in Laos after Operations to set-up Resistance Cells amongst the locals, these units called the 'White Star Resistance'. They operated from the US Special Forces camp at Kham Duc on the Laos Border. Note: It should be noted that Major Larry Thorne was a native Finn and a winner of the highest Military Award of Finland, The Mannerheim Cross, on two occasions for his defence against Soviet Attacks in WWII including an ambush on a Russian Convoy that led to the deaths of over 300 Soviets without him losing one Man. During WWII he commanded Finnish Commandos behind Soviet Lines to harass their advance - At the end of WWII he joined the US Army, under the Lodge Bill, as a Private, volunteered for Special Forces and within months was commissioned a Captain. The first operation of the renewed Op 35 (White Star) took place in October 1965 - During this operation, before a shot had been fired inside Laos by the newly formed group, the helicopter carrying Larry Thorne, all passengers and crew were lost. Operation White Star, Officially Operation 35, later to be known as Operation Shining Brass was to continue in varying forms and with varying names through to the end of the war. Command Control, North, South, Central, MACV, Special Forces, SOG, Special Op’s, Special Operations Group, 5 th Special Forces, Army Security Agency, Military Intelligence, Psy-Ops, US Army, De Oppresso Liber, Airborne, 1 st Special Forces, CIDG, Mike Force, Mobile Guerrilla Force, Mobile Strike Force, Operations Detachment, Provincial Recon Unit, Recon Teams, RT, USMC, United States Marine Corps, Vietnam War, WWII, WWI, French Indochine War, French Foreign Legion, Legion Etrange, Project Omega, Recondo School, Rapid Fire, Project Delta, Special Missions Advisory Force, Project Gamma, Project Sigma, Indigenous Troops, MACV-SOG, CCC, CCS, CCN, USARV, SMAG, TAG, Field Training Command, Recon Team Leader, US Navy, Air Force, AATTV, Long Tan, Nui Dat, AAFV, ATF, New Zealand V Force, Big Red One, 1st Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Tropic Lightning, 25th Infantry Division, Subdued, Patch, Patches, Uniform, Helmet, Flash, Beret, Arc, Tab, 101 st Airborne Division, 82nd Airborne, 173rd Airborne, Combat, Militaria, Medal, Badge, Map, 199th Infantry Brigade, Old Ironsides, 5th Infantry Division, MAAG, USARPAC, XXIV Corps, 23rd Infantry Division, Americal, 38th Infantry Division, Black Op’s, Clandestine, Non-Conventional Warfare, 11th Infantry Brigade, 11th Armored, 196th , 1st Aviation, 18th Engineers, Medic, Medical, Viet Cong, VC, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu, Saigon, Tiger Force Rangers, Ranger, Logistical Command, Khe Sanh, POW, RVN, ARVN, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, NVA, Hanoi, Siagon, Phan Rang, LLDB, Bright Light, Free World Forces, Company, Platoon, Patrol, Long Range, Special Forces, ARVN, Green Berets, Elite, Recon, Reconnaissance, CCN, CCC, CCS, MACV SOG, SOA, Paratrooper, Parachutist, Vietnam War, Special Operations, Military, Tiger, Ranger, Route, Team, VC, NVA, Viet Cong, Command Control, Republic of Vietnam, Assault Helicopter Company, Gunship, Spooky, US Air Forces, USAF, Ranger, Recondo, Lai Khe, Cu Chi, Long Tieng,
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