Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - Kāore i whakawhāitihia te whakaeke ki Vietnam ki te Raki. Ko etahi atu kaupapa rererangi, penei i te Operation Barrel Roll, i whaaia nga waahanga rereke o te Viet Cong me te hanganga PAVN. Kei roto i enei ko te huarahi tuku Ho Chi Minh, i haere ma roto i Laos me Cambodia. Ko Laos, e kiia ana he whenua tuatoru, kua riro hei wāhi whawhai ā iwi
, e whakaeke ana i te kāwanatanga o Laos e tautokohia ana e te US ki te Pathet Lao me ona hoa o Vietnam ki te Raki.