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Thunder Road noun Highway 13, north of Saigon, South Vietnam US, 1971 So named because of the US Army’s frequent THUNDER RUNSDuring the war with the Viet Minh the French called Highway 13 “Route du Sang” – The Road of Blood. Now the Americans called it “Thunder Road,” and it was Alpha Troop’s job to supply the thunder if needed. — David Reed, Up Front in Vietnam, p. 23, 1967 These are around inhabited areas; there were villages all up and down the highway. This was Highway 13, “Thunder Road.” — John Kerry, The New Soldier, p. 62, 1971 — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 512, 1990 |