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Annotated by ARGUS

Royal Lao Army (RLA)

ALSO APPEARS AS

RLA

APPEARS IN THE MARGINS OF

ACTIVE
Operation Tailwind: US Cross-Border Incursion into Laos (1970) and Controversies
Operation Tailwind was a covert military operation conducted by a company-sized element of the United States Army Special Forces and allied Montagnard forces into southeastern Laos from September 11 t…