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Journey through Blood Road

Journey through Blood Road
Journey through Blood Road

Journey through Blood Road

Jason Bauer

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Jason Bauer, Rebecca's mechanic, during her ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Todd Meier

Cluster bomb casings (hundreds of cluster bombs would be in each) repurposed into planters for green onions. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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A bomb crater in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 2015.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Drone shot of bomb craters in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Cluster bomb hiding in tree roots in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Stephen Rusch's funeral

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Stephen Rusch's funeral at Arlington.

Don Duvall

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Don Duvall inspecting maps. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Todd Meier

A soldiers helmet repurposed as a planter. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Rebecca Rusch with family

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Rusch Family

L-R Judy Rusch (mom), Sharon Rusch (sister), Rebecca Rusch with Stephen Rusch's flag. From the funeral at Arlington.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Todd Meier

A schoolgirl cycling in Laos. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Scenery in central Laos. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Laotian girl cycling across suspension bridge. Compare other photo of Rebecca/Huyen. From the ride along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 2015.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Todd Meier

Laotian locals sitting. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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Todd Meier

High-up view of mountains in Laos. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Ho Chi Minh Trail

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River scenery in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Ho Chin Minh Trail

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Letter Rebecca wrote to her father before visiting his crash site. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Stephen Rusch

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Rusch Family

Stephen Rusch playing guitar, singing, and playing harmonica. Circa 1960s

Arlington National Cemetery

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Rebecca at her father's grave. From the funeral in Arlington.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca at the start of the Ho Chi Minh Trail (see KM 0 in background). From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca standing with her bike in a bomb crater in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca holding her father's dog tags. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca looking at the wing of an F4 plane in the grounds of a temple in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca cycling across a field in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch and Nguyen Huyen

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Rebecca and Nguyen Huyen boarding a boat made out of old military metal (maybe a plane¹s external fuel tank) to cross a lake in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch and Nguyen Huyen

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Rebecca and Huyen crossing a suspension bridge in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch and Nguyen Huyen

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Rebecca and Huyen paddling through a cave in Laos. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch and Nguyen Huyen

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Rebecca and Huyen cycling across a paddy field. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch and Nguyen Huyen

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Rebecca and Huyen cycling down a road in Laos (scene from movie poster). From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch and Karoline Droege

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Rebecca and a friend from Ketchum, Karoline Droege, cycling along a road in Laos. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca teaching kids to ride her bike in a village. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch and Greg Martin

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Rebecca and Greg Martin crossing a bamboo bridge in Laos. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Rebecca Rusch and Greg Martin

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Todd Meier

Rebecca and Greg Martin staring at old bomb casings (which had been reused at one point to form stilts for a house) in a village in Laos. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Rebecca Rusch and Greg Martin

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Rebecca and Martin chatting. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca crossing through a stream. From the follow-up ride with friends in November 2016.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca riding through a village. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Rebecca Rusch

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Rebecca looking at war junk stashed under a house. From the ride along the Ho Chin Minh Trail in 2015.

Sharon Rusch

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Sharon walking behind her father¹s casket in Arlington.

Stephen Rusch's truck

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Stephen Rusch's truck that he drove across the country in. Summer 1964.

Stephen Rusch

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Stephen Rusch board an F4. He was a weapon¹s systems operator (sitting in the back seat).

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