1967
TET Truce at Quang Khe #2
This photo is a close-up of the point of land near the
center of the second picture. It
vividly illustrates the masses of supplies being dumped on the shore for
further movement. In the days
that followed the truce, we’d be battling this increased flow of supplies on
Route 912 in Laos.
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Information on
the back of the Picture
100096 USAF Photo #9
The beach area was marked by intensive
activity. Small vessels and river craft were loading and off-loading. Hundreds
of containers, baskets, boxes, and bags were clustered near the shoreline and
large numbers of persons were observed. Many of the bags and baskets
presumably contained food. Some of this activity seen here was unquestionably
associated with the redistribution of this food and other non-military forces
stationed in that general area of North Vietnam. It must be emphasized that
this was not all bound for South Vietnam. The timely concentration of personnel and lightering
craft to support this transshipment operation is reflective of the careful
planning associated with this effort.
OFFICIAL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
PHOTO RELEASED AT WASHINGTON, D.C.
MARCH 17 ,
1967
