Tag: secret
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Minnesota will honor veterans of ‘Secret War’ in House policy bill that focuses on Hmong community
U.S involvement in the Vietnam War, Special Guerrilla Unit veterans and elders in the Minnesota Hmong community are finally being recognized by the state in a House Bill that also provides added … Full story: https://www.msn.com/
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Veteran’s bill passes Minnesota House…grants veteran’s status to Hmong fighters
The bill calls for veteran status under state law to certain people who served with secret guerilla units or other irregular forces in Laos: naturalized under the federal Hmong Veterans’ … Full story: https://www.willmarradio.com/news/veterans-bill-passes-minnesota-house-grants-veterans-status-to-hmong-fighters/article_66d7058b-821f-470a-9fc3-e99f7a8199f8.html
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Forgotten legacy: Cemetery asks community to identify Hmong Secret War vets in Fresno County
The Clovis Cemetery District is asking for the community’s help in identifying the graves of Hmong Veterans who fought in the Secret War in Laos, in order to honor their memory, service, and … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=68124edf553744d38b533b7582194f3e&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.yourcentralvalley.com%2fnews%2flocal-news%2fhmong-secret-war-vets-identification%2f&c=3554026230862931802&mkt=en-us
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MN House passes bill recognizing Hmong, Lao veterans of ‘Secret War’
Minnesota is on its way to officially recognizing the service of Hmong and Lao veterans who fought alongside the U.S. during the “Secret War” during the 1960s and 1970s in Laos. Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/29/mn-house-passes-bill-recognizing-hmong-lao-veterans-of-secret-war/
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MN House passes bill to recognize Hmong and Lao veterans who served in Secret War
ST PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota lawmakers passed a bill that would recognize Hmong and Lao veterans for fighting communism during the Vietnam War, making Minnesota the first state to do so. The Minnesota … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/breaking-the-news/mn-house-passes-bill-to-recognize-hmong-and-lao-veterans-who-served-in-secret-war/89-ccf83d3d-22cb-4a6d-acf7-8c0b353e32a0
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Hmong ‘Secret War’ soldiers to get veteran status in Minnesota
Minnesota is on the verge of becoming the first state to recognize as veterans the Hmong and Lao soldiers who fought in the CIA’s Secret War. Full story: https://www.fox9.com/news/hmong-secret-war-soldiers-veteran-status-mn-2025
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MN House passes bill extending benefits to Hmong, Lao veterans
The bill will give hundreds of Minnesotans, who were recruited for a covert campaign called “The Secret War,” to receive veteran benefits. Full story: https://www.msn.com/
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Hmong, Lao Secret War veterans could receive benefits under new bill
Many in the Minnesota Hmong and Lao communities hope House lawmakers will pass a bill aimed at granting limited veterans’ benefits to Hmong and Lao special guerrilla units veterans in the Secret War. Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/hmong-lao-secret-war-veterans-182336974.html
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Minnesota bill would define Hmong soldiers who fought during Laos “Secret War” as veterans
The CIA recruited and trained thousands of Hmong people to fight on behalf of Americans during a clandestine operation in Laos during the Vietnam War, known as the “Secret War.” Now, those … Full story: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-bill-hmong-soldiers-laos-secret-war-veterans/
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How Hmong soldiers in Minnesota are fighting to get veterans benefits
Hmong soldiers who fought for the U.S. during the Vietnam War are asking to be recognized for their service. The CIA recruited and trained them during the Secret War in Laos. As Caroline Cummings … Full story: https://www.yahoo.com/news/hmong-soldiers-minnesota-fighting-veterans-231024940.html
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Minnesota bill would define Hmong soldiers who fought during Laos “Secret War” as veterans
Changing state law to define them as veterans would unlock state veterans benefits like the GI bill or access to the state’s veterans homes. Full story: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-bill-hmong-soldiers-laos-secret-war-veterans/
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Families of Cambodians, Lao, Vietnamese affected by ‘Secret War’ seek wider state recognition
For years, Cambodians, Vietnamese and Lao people in Minnesota have said they’ve struggled to get specific recognition in state cultural program funding. Full story: https://www.twincities.com/2025/03/26/cambodians-lao-vietnamese-secret-war-state-recognition/
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Refugees in Eau Claire: A history at risk
The Moua family arrived at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport, then known as the Eau Claire Airport, in the cold April of 1976. It was one year after the end of The Secret War that forced them to … Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=67ce699fb4f842d78125ee40dffd0e34&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.spectatornews.com%2fcampus-news%2f2025%2f03%2frefugees-in-eau-claire-a-history-at-risk%2f&c=6297497355551333889&mkt=en-us
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Mission returns remains from ‘Secret War’ in Laos to Hawaii
Service members and military officials gathered Friday morning at Hickam Airfield to welcome a Hawaii National Guard C-17 airplane arriving with precious cargo. Full story: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/03/02/hawaii-news/mission-returns-remains-from-secret-war-in-laos-to-hawaii/
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Wisconsin bill would give veteran status to Hmong and Laotian soldiers who fought in ‘Secret War’
MADISON – The Hmong and Laotian soldiers who clandestinely helped the U.S. fight during the Vietnam War could soon be formally recognized as veterans, thanks to newly introduced legislation. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=67b4c26fae5a45d6a1aee394cc7490eb&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.jsonline.com%2fstory%2fnews%2fpolitics%2f2025%2f01%2f28%2fbill-would-recognize-hmong-laotian-soldiers-as-veterans-in-wisconsin%2f77971964007%2f&c=3116131942210080916&mkt=en-us
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Wisconsin bill would give veteran status to Hmong and Laotian soldiers who fought in ‘Secret War’
Though Hmong and Laotian soldiers still won’t have access to many federal benefits, a new bill would recognize them as Vietnam War veterans. Full story: http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6799bbafc9c94772bf892f9ff1345dc0&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.greenbaypressgazette.com%2fstory%2fnews%2fpolitics%2f2025%2f01%2f28%2fbill-would-recognize-hmong-laotian-soldiers-as-veterans-in-wisconsin%2f77971964007%2f&c=10692377458510878782&mkt=en-us
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US ‘Secret War’ remembered as Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visits Laos
Al Jazeera looks back at the most devastating period in Laos’s history, when the US waged a years-long ‘Secret War’. Full story: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/21/us-secret-war-remembered-as-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-austin-visits-laos
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Remembering ‘The Secret War’
The son of the most important Hmong American leader in history cut the ribbon holding a cover over a monument commemorating the sacrifice of his late father and so many … Full story: https://www.trinityjournal.com/news/local/article_36dcd7f4-a6d3-11ef-8007-734b20f3b19d.html