Operation Commando Hunt
The objective of the campaign was to prevent the transit of People's Army of Vietnam ( PAVN ) personnel and supplies on the logistical corridor known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail ( the Truong Son Road to the North Vietnamese ) that ran from the southwestern Democratic Republic of Vietnam ( North Vietnam ) through the southeastern portion of the Kingdom of Laos and into the Republic of Vietnam ( South Vietnam ) . 
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