Invasion of Laos, 1971 Quotes

“The U.S. troop level soared during the next two years, but Johnson never allowed U.S. ground forces to pursue the enemy across the border or take a decisive action to cut the infiltration routes in Laos and Cambodia.”
― Robert D Sander, Invasion of Laos, 1971: Lam Son 719

“Westmoreland recognized that the only way to seal South Vietnam’s eight hundred-mile western border was to shut down the infiltration routes.”
― Robert D Sander, Invasion of Laos, 1971: Lam Son 719