Thank you my friend. I am honored to be your friend and I am very grateful for the insight you share with me to help me understand what you went through there. I have some interesting news also, I'll send you a message.

Thank you Kraston. It is a very interesting project, expecially as I learn so much from you who were there.If you have any pictures from your time in country, I'd love to seem them in the Facebook group.

I can only imagine.

Thanks for your comment Gary. During Dewey Canyon I assume. I have a couple of other videos on my channel as I'm going through the northern Ashau closer to Base Area 611 and also from Dakrong Valley. Have a look at them if you like.

Welcome home!

Ray, thanks for your comment and watching the video. Yeah, the highland areas look very similar also further south from this. It's a beautiful part of the world, but I wonder if you guys could make way to see that during your days.

Jonas Thorsell yes, I loved it over there, except for the war.

Yes, lots of history in one little place. But it was such a beautiful place. The children played football on the adjacent field as the sun was going down behind the mountains.

Very much so. But the valley is peaceful now.

Hi Paul. This is the A Shau SF camp which is about 12 kilometers south west of A Luoi. The old A Luoi runway is today a street in A Luoi town.

@@Jonas-Namwartravel Awesome, thanks for the response. I need to look it up on maps :)

My pleasure, thanks. I also have a video on my channel called A Luoi Airfield - LZ Stallion. I filmed it from a car as we drove up to A Luoi and then into town ending up at the old runway. Check it out here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iKl0gsdkytPKmGw.html

Deer Hunter, yes

Sorry, my Swedish accent combined with a poor microphone, but I’m walking around the old camp area towards the old runway. It was a great visit. Thanks for watching. You can always email me on namwartravel@gmail.com and I’d be happy to send over some of the pictures I shot that day.

@@Jonas-Namwartravel Cool. So I gather from the comments that was the location of a Special Forces Camp?

Yes, it has a very interesting story being on of three camps established to block NVA infiltration from Laos. It was overrun in March 1966 I think it was and then abandoned. There were two Medals of Honor won. There are some good write ups on the battle online.

I joined the Army in late 71, by then ground forces were being removed. My late BIL did 2 tours with 101st-66,67. I was with the 1st Cav. I pray for those who didn't come back, I get emotional when I see videos of the suffering they endured.

@@bucsam1660 I am happy you made it out.

The large craters are most likely from B52 raids that were run over large parts of the valley. There are some smaller craters in where the actual camp was, they might be from artillery but could also be from B52 strikes, just that they have filled up over the last 50 years.

Many have been filled in but in areas like this they are very much still there.

That's what I was thinking.its probably still mines buried there some where

It is likely there are still quite a bit of UXO in this area where I walked. I recon though that most of it are larger bombs that are buried deep in to the ground and weren't of any real danger. There is a village nearby and they played soccer on the field just next to the old base area, I guess they have filled in the craters. Smaller things like mines, mortar grenades and rockets are more likely to be found in the jungle and are more dangerous.