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Vietnam, Cao Lanh, 2009 An impenetrable forest, an entrenched communist camp during the war The cajuput forest, an uninhabited land covered with wild grass and swamps, used to be the communists' camp. The Resistance set up many traps along the river banks and stored grenade arsenals. This 123 acre (50 hectare) enclave, a maze of waterways and vegetation, suffered napalm bombing during the combats between the Americans and the Viet-Cong. This forest once bled white is only starting to become inhabited again. Vietnam, Cao Lanh, 2009 Une foret impenetrable, camp retranche des communistes pendant la guerre. La foret de cajeputiers, terrain inhabite couvert d'herbes sauvages et de marais, etait le camp retranche des communistes. Le long de la berge, la resistance avait amenage de nombreuses chausse-trappes et entreposait des reserves de grenades. Cette enclave d'une cinquantaine d'hectares, lacis de canaux et de vegetation, fut la cible des bombardements de napalm lors des combats entre les Americains et les Viet-Cong. La foret exsangue commence difficilement r se repeupler. Lam Duc Hien / Agence VU