These are the mountain passes and valleys through which the Hmong migrated from China into Southeast Asia, in the 1800s and possibly the late 1700s.
Foot trails up the mountain slopes into the clouds, lead to Hmong villages at the highest elevations.
2. French and U.S. Intrusion in Indochina 1800s
Mad Jack Percival Captain USS Constitution
USS Constitution, first U.S. visit to Viet Nam, 1845
Remnants of French Colonial churches in Ha Noi and in far northern Viet Nam.
The coast of central Viet Nam where the first Americans landed in 1845, and where 120 years later US Marines landed at the beginning of the American War.
Hoa Lo Prison in Ha Noi, where U.S pilots were held for many years in the 1960s-70s after being shot down while bombing North Viet Nam. It was dubbed the Hanoi Hilton by prisoners, and was originally built by the French to house Vietnamese prisoners at the end of the 19th century.