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Learn about the CIA's covert operations in Laos from 1959 to 1974, including training and arming tribal forces, bombing campaigns, and Air America. Explore the background politics of Laos and the role of the U.S. in the civil war.
The Laotian Civil War was a conflict between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 1959 to 1975, with external support from the Cold War superpowers. The war is also known as the Secret War among the American CIA and Hmong veterans, who fought against the North Vietnamese and their allies.
Learn about the Hmong people, an indigenous group in East and Southeast Asia, and their origins, languages, religions, and diaspora. Explore their genetic diversity, cultural practices, and historical conflicts with the Han and other groups.
Long Tieng was a secret CIA and Hmong base in Laos during the Vietnam War, with a population of 40,000. It was attacked by North Vietnamese forces in 1972 and evacuated in 1975.
Lima Site 85 was a clandestine military installation in Laos used for Vietnam War bombing of North Vietnam. It was guarded by Hmong, CIA, and USAF and was attacked by the North Vietnamese in 1968.
“If history isn’t documented, then it’s forgotten,” a librarian involved in creating Fresno State’s Hmong history repository said. Hmong culture in 1960s war-torn Laos documented by ...
Jerry Daniels was a CIA Paramilitary Operations Officer (PMOO) who worked with the Hmong people in Laos and Thailand from the 1960s to the 1980s. He organized the evacuation of Vang Pao and thousands of Hmong refugees during the Secret War and the communist takeover of Laos.
Vang Pao was a major general in the Royal Lao Army and a leader of the Hmong American community in the U.S. He fought against the communists in Laos with the CIA-supported Secret Army and opposed human rights violations by the Lao government.