William Van der Ven was a photographer with the U.S. Air Force based in Thailand in 1971. He documented a wide variety of missions, combat and otherwise. In this excerpt, he shares memories of twelve missions over the Ho Chi Minh Trail aboard AC130 gunships. See Mr. Van der Ven's memoir: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... Posted as part of the "War & Life: Discussions with Veterans" project. https://warandlifediscussions.weebly....

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