Vietnam

NVA were holding an important hostage in an old French banana plantation. Two American units (airborne and green berets) were tasked with rescue.

Extraction of US Airborne by US Marines.

1968 Laos: Đường mòn Hồ Chí Minh (Ho Chi Minh Trail) US Special Forces operations do a helicopter incursion to collect intelligence. They meet limited resistance and manage to kill a few civilians and a couple of NVA. The SPF troops are followed by NVA tracking units and NVA excursion unit lie in wait. Unfortunately, the NVA have no stealth and are spotted in their hiding places, huts and bunkers with the SF knowing numbers, armament, organizational positioning.

Vietnam figures - Jim Dunnam Collection