Reformed Viet Cong (Kit Carson Scouts) conduct a demonstration on February 24, 1970, for Marines from the 2% Negative Ist MarDiv. In the photograph, Dao Van Hong, a former VietCong member, is showing how enemy sappers navigate barbed wire emplacements. Dao, who spent four years with a Viet Cong sapper unit, joined the government of the Republic of Vietnam in late 1969. This image was taken by CHO-3 Humphries, an official Defense Department photographer, at Army Helicopter Pad 478, located west of DaNang, Vietnam. Caption: A former Viet Cong member demonstrates sapper techniques to U.


Reformed Viet Cong (Kit Carson Scouts) conduct a demonstration on February 24, 1970, for Marines from the 2% Negative Ist MarDiv. In the photograph, Dao Van Hong, a former VietCong member, is showing how enemy sappers navigate barbed wire emplacements. Dao, who spent four years with a Viet Cong sapper unit, joined the government of the Republic of Vietnam in late 1969. This image was taken by CHO-3 Humphries, an official Defense Department photographer, at Army Helicopter Pad 478, located west of DaNang, Vietnam. Caption: A former Viet Cong member demonstrates sapper techniques to Marines on February 24, 1970, at Army Helicopter Pad 478 in Vietnam. Dao Van Hong, who spent four years with a Viet Cong sapper unit before joining the government of the Republic of Vietnam, shows how enemy sappers navigate barbed wire obstacles.


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