[MamaTexan]

What the hell was that hunk of scales and fins?

To heck with the fins,
who are the hunks??? :)

[Grampa Dave]

I believe those were the chosen few/ones in ASA's Laos group venture.

Ask him!

ASA and NSG guys were the hunks back then! :)

[ASA Vet]

Mama & Grampa, This photo is being sold in the north of Thailand.
The Thai believe there are real "Naga" and that this photo was proof.
The caption states it was caught by US Army guys at our base in Laos on the Mekong River in 1973.
The Thai claim that all of the "soldiers" who touched the sacred Naga have died,
& the US military plane taking it to the US also crashed.

I have one of the large prints and scanned it in two jpg's side by side.

There are several tip offs to the BS in the caption.
Those "Army" soldiers weren't in Laos in 1973.
If we did have troops at the Mekong River,
they would have put a base on the Thai side not the enemy side.
Brown t-shirts weren't issued yet in 1973.
Things to look for in the photo.
That is a secure military base.
There is a guy in the background wearing a white Navy type cap.
The obvious physical condition of those young guys indicates Spec Ops of some sort.
Duh, US Navy seals.

Futher investigation turned up the original source, which was a photo in an official US Navy publication.
See this link, and follow the link to the real story.
Never mind the Thai link, it doesn't work anymore,
I'll have to fix that.

Click here