Tag: colonel
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Hmong veteran and community advocate Colonel Vang Fong passes away
FRESNO, California (KSEE/KGPE) — Hmong veteran and advocate Colonel Vang Fong died Saturday at the age of 77. Colonel Vang Fong fought with the Central Intelligence Agency’s “Secret Army” in Laos in … Read Full Article
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Colonel Vowed Hmong Veterans Would Be Remembered. Now He’s One Honored at Fresno Funeral
Wangyee Vang, who helped put the spotlight on Lao and Hmong veterans who fought in the “Secret War,” was honored in a traditional three-day funeral in Fresno that started Saturday. Vang died Jan. 18 … Read Full Article
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Colonel vowed Hmong veterans would be remembered. Now he’s one honored at Fresno funeral
He was honored in Fresno at the Faith Community Religious Facility, while simultaneously recognized at a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA [email protected] … Read Full Article
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Hmong colonel honored at Fresno funeral for work with veterans
A three-day funeral began for Col. Wangyee Vang, honored for his role in the U.S. Secret Army and work with veterans after the Vietnam War Saturday morning, March 13, 2021 in Fresno. Read Full Article
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COVID-19 claims life of Hmong American leader and Secret War veteran
Fu Vang, a Hmong community leader and former lieutenant colonel in the Secret War, died on Thanksgiving Day after several weeks in the hospital fighting COVID-19. Read Full Article
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COVID-19 claims life of Hmong American leader and Secret War veteran.
A Hmong community leader and former Secret War lieutenant colonel died on Thanksgiving Day after several weeks in the hospital fighting COVID-19. During the Vietnam War, as the CIA funded a covert … Read Full Article
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Hmong Woman Arrested in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong District for Forcing a 16 Year-old Laotian Girl into Prostitution
The 16 year-old Laotian girl was promised a job in a chicken shop then forced into prostitution at a karaoke bar in Chiang Rai’s Chiang Khong district. CHIANG RAI – Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Pol Colonel Paisit Wongmuang said on … Read Full Article
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Hmong colonel who fought with U.S. in Vietnam gets full military burial
Hmong colonel who fought with U.S. in Vietnam gets full military burial Col. Xay Dang Xiong commanded 4,500 troops in Laos during the Vietnam War and was accorded a full military burial on Monday. Check out this story on jsonline.com: https://jsonl.in/2qljORJ Read Full Article
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Professors claim farmers’ markets cultivate racism: ‘Habits of white people are normalized’
one of three white people among several hundred Hmong and Vietnamese. Did you feel like Colonel Kurtz? “I watched a snail crawl along the edge of a straight razor. That’s my dream; that’s my nightmare. Crawling, slithering, along the edge of a straight … Read Full Article
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Marijuana and Hmong farmers: Siskiyou County sheriff fights to control cannabis trade
Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey spent decades as a soldier. He enlisted in the Marines at age 18 and retired as a much-decorated colonel in the National Guard. Today he’s waging war again, not against Al Qaeda or the Taliban, but an army of rogue pot … Read Full Article
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Yingluck stands trial at Supreme Court for rice-pledging scheme
DSI chief Pol Colonel Paisit… Villagers join forces to repair main roadBy Mongkolchaowarat TangmangmeeThe Nation PHITSANULOK: — Hmong villagers in three villages in Tambon Bo Pak of Phitsanulok’s Chat Trakan district joined forces to repair the road … Read Full Article
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Funeral for leading Hmong soldier fighting with U.S. in Vietnam War
A funeral service will take place this weekend for Lieutenant Colonel Peter Chou Vang, the right hand man of General Vang Pao during the Vietnam War, serving under America’s CIA in Laos. The funeral service will take place Saturday, June 11th at 9:00 a.m … Read Full Article
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War Wounds Resurfaced in ‘Operation Popcorn,’ Documentary on Hmong Arrests
When David Grabias decided to produce “Operation Popcorn,” a documentary about the 2007 arrest of 10 Hmong-American leaders and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel making its national broadcast debut May 17 on the WORLD channel, he assumed it would be a … Read Full Article
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Cadott monument is tribute to Hmong soldiers and civilians
– Wa Chong Vang, the son of famous Hmong Gen. Vang Pao, left, and Colonel Ly Teng unveil a monument commemorating and honoring Hmong veterans Saturday at the Wisconsin Veterans Tribute in Cadott. The Wisconsin Lao Veterans of America organized the Legacy … Read Full Article
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Vang Chou, high-ranking Hmong soldier during Vietnam, dies in Merced
He was a lieutenant colonel in Laos before coming to the U.S. He was one of the first six Hmong trained to fly by the U.S. Called a pioneer both in Laos and in the U.S. A high-ranking Hmong soldier who fought with the U.S. in the Vietnam War before helping … Read Full Article