3420 x 5130 px | 29 x 43,4 cm | 11,4 x 17,1 inches | 300dpi
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American bomb shells from the Vietnam war found in northern Laos Unfortunately Laos got the raw deal and was bombed continuously during the war and UXO s unexploded ordnance are still a cause of numerous deaths every year threatening the lives of the new generation Vietnam War a war between communist North Vietnam and U S backed South Vietnam After the partition of Vietnam in 1954 the communist North attempted to unite the country as a communist state fueling U S concern over the possible spread of communism in Southeast Asia After two U S destroyers were reportedly fired on in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1964 U S Army forces were sent to Vietnam supported by contingents from South Korea Australia New Zealand and Thailand while U S aircraft bombed North Vietnamese forces and areas of Cambodia The Tet Offensive of 1968 damaged U S confidence and U S forces began to be withdrawn finally leaving in 1973 The North Vietnamese captured the southern capital Saigon to end the war in 1975 Laos a landlocked country in Southeast Asia pop 6 068 000 capital Vientiane official language Laotian Part of French Indo China Laos became independent in 1953 but for most of the next 25 years was torn by civil strife between the communist Pathet Lao movement and government supporters In 1975 the Pathet Lao achieved total control and a communist republic was established The end of the 20th century saw a gradual return to free enterprise
