Some 6,500 Royal Lao Army troops out of its 30,000 personnel were surrounded by North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces in positions accessible only by foot; the RLAF's first mission was aerial resupply of these besieged troops.
Some 6,500 Royal Lao Army troops out of its 30,000 personnel were surrounded by North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces in positions accessible only by foot. The RLAF's first mission was aerial resupply of these besieged troops.