Tag: lieutenant
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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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Sheboygan police search for vandal who burned Hmong Veterans Memorial
Sheboygan Police want to find the person responsible for starting a fire on the Hmong Veterans Memorial over the 4th of July Holiday. Lieutenant Bill Adams says the damage is already repaired, but … Read Full Article
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Hmong leaders and Wausau Police prepare for Yang sentencing
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – “It just so happens that person was Hmong, that was not a factor in the investigation, or in the decision to arrest or go to court with this,” Wausau Police Lieutenant Todd Baeten said. On Wednesday Dylan Yang, who has been convicted … 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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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