Sighting of Two Captured American Pilots Northwest of Tchepone, Laos
Central Intelligence Agency · 1972
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Description
Northwest of Tchepone, in Laos, two captured American pilots were sighted, a July 1972 report states. Tchepone was a famed crossroads on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, bombed for years. Pilots downed near the trail entered one of the war's harshest prison paths.
A sighting northwest of the town placed the men inside Laos's panhandle, far from help. Officials filed it against air loss records from the trail campaigns. Many such men were never seen again after a single report. This entry may stand as the last dated sign of two young airmen's survival in Laos.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Central Intelligence Agency |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1972 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3352 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive — CIA Reading Room mirror |
Source: https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-0000009691