arguably the best light infantry in the world and operated from LZ English and several other
firebases in the area of the Bong Son plains. Their missions took them deep into the mountains
which framed the An Loa valley and the 506 valley.
LZ English
Sunset over the mountains
Chinook over N.English
Bong Son was a village situated alongside the very shallow and wide Song Lai Giang River.
Highway QL-1 crossed the river here over two bridges. Bong Son had been a hotbed of VC
activity for twenty years before American troops arrived in the fall of 1965.
Bong Son circa 68-69