Ho Chi Minh Trail
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The goal was to increase rainfall, which would muddy up the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a network of coarse roads, interrupting Vietcong supply lines.
From Scientific American • Sep. 20, 2023
The CIA recruited Vang, then 14, and others who could speak broken English to be their eyes and ears on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a military supply route run by the Communist Party.
From Washington Times • Nov. 3, 2018
Larry said that Laotian civilians would have stayed away from the Ho Chi Minh Trail, knowing it was a free-fire zone.
From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2016
The targets were North Vietnamese troops — especially along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, a large part of which passed through Laos — as well as North Vietnam’s Laotian Communist allies.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2015
The North Vietnamese had begun using a series of forest-covered paths known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail to move soldiers and supplies from North to South.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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