Tag: army
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Meet the Army Vets Making an Impact Through Tea
Their two dark, pu-erh-style teas come from Laos and Vietnam, not the customary China. It took them a year to secure a trusted source in Ho Chi Minh City for wild tea from several 300-year-old trees … Read Full Article
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Rosario: This refugee’s take on things hits the mark — and the funny bone
His father, Xia Ge Xiong, a captain in the CIA-trained and backed Hmong army, knew that his life, as well as possibly that of his kin, was in danger if the Laotian communist regime got ahold of him. Read Full Article
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Why Laos Has Been Bombed More Than Any Other Country
In 1960, the CIA approached Vang Pao, a major general in the Royal Laotian Army and a member of the Hmong minority in Laos, to be the chief of their secret army to push back the communist Pathet Lao. Read Full Article
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‘Soldierstone,’ A Hidden Memorial In Colorado, Honors Forgotten War Veterans
asked Cowan. “Correct.” The troops he trained and served with had been secretly recruited by the CIA. Made up mostly of Hmong and Lao decent, this secret army took tens of thousands of casualties … Read Full Article
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Immigration counselor uses own experience as refugee to help newcomers
In 1969, the 16-year-old Thao joined a special unit of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency in Laos working against the communists. It also was called “the Secret Army” and made up of Hmong people. Read Full Article
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An area restaurant gives back to the Salvation Army ahead of Thanksgiving
Years ago, Hmong immigrants got a helping hand integrating to central Wisconsin. Now, Long Lor is doing his part to bring things back full circle. “Refugees coming back from coming from Laos to … Read Full Article
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From mountains of Laos to the spacious skies of America
It was also called “the Secret Army” and made up of Hmong people. “The (U.S.) government said, ‘We have to use a (local) group,’” Thao recalled. “The Hmong people had a history of fighting communism. … Read Full Article
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I set up the U.S. refugee resettlement program that Trump is attacking
Minnesota was the state also noted for its herculean efforts to resettle Hmong refugees from Laos during the Indochina era. The Hmong were the secret army recruited by the CIA to tie up communist … Read Full Article
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US Army, Darby Military Community representatives paid respect to WWII Hero
“My father carries a very similar story. He fought in the Vietnam War side-by-side with the Americans. He was a Hmong in Laos and helped rescue many Americans who were also very young, yet so … Read Full Article
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The Lost Tribe: The CIA’s Secret Army in Laos
Over 50,000 of the Hmong tribe became part of the United States’s secret army, disrupting Communist supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Thousands of Hmong died in the war. But their problems did … Read Full Article
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U.S. Pilot Michael Cavanaugh Flew In a Secret Air Force
During daylight hours it was the busiest airstrip on Earth. Vang was the only ethnic Hmong to attain the rank of general in the Royal Lao Army. “The central part of the Laotian war was General Vang … Read Full Article
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The Future of Conflict is Proxy Warfare, Again
In Laos, the Hmong launched a successful guerrilla war against the North Vietnamese army and its local communist ally, the Pathet Lao. But once emboldened by U.S. air power, the Hmong went on to fight … Read Full Article