Waiting for the North Vietnamese: Major General Kouprasith Abhay, commander of Laos’ 5th and capital military region, is pictured at a forward artillery base at Sala Phou Khoun in central Laos. He commands the forces along the government’s newly realigned frontline west of the Plain of Jars. He says, “When the North Vietnamese attack here they will hit their heads against this rock,” March 13, 1970