Laotian Evacuation 1970

Hi Guys
Here's some pictures of the evacuation of refugees in northern Laos. I think that most of us were envolved in this one.5 Jan-15 Jan 1970, we moved 6,105 people & a lot of animals.The guy in the center of the picture of all the people who is staring me down had an AK-47 wrapped in a cloth when we pulled him in the front door & I took it away from him, he didn't like that. I gave it back to him when he got off the chopper. The pic of the H-3 heading for the valley was so over loaded that he was diving to get enough airspeed to fly.They were lucky to keep that one going.
(Bill Crawford)