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The Secret War in Laos: How American Intervention Began

The Secret War in Laos was a covert U.S.-backed conflict fought alongside the larger Vietnam War. Beginning in the early 1960s, the CIA trained and supported Hmong forces led by General Vang Pao to fight the communist

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Topics: President John F. Kennedy, Laos, Cambodia, Cold War, Captain Kong Le, General Phoumi Nosavan, Sergeant First Class John Malcolm Bischoff, General Vang Pao, Burma, Thailand, Central Intelligence Agency, Seventh Special Forces, Plain of Jars, Sergeant Gerald Biber, Captain Walter Moon, CIA, Operation Momentum

Traveling the Ho Chi Minh trail

Traveling the Ho Chi Minh Trail Few routes in Southeast Asia carry as much history as the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Today, travelers crossing the rugged mountains of central Vietnam and neighboring Laos can follow traces of a

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Topics: Dien Bien Phu, Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh trail, General Vo Nguyen Giap, Laos, Cambodia, Colonel Vo Bam

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