“The Hmong flyers strapped as many bombs and bullets ... the 6th and 711th SOS closely resembled U.S. Army Special Forces units due to the latter’s expertise in training allies and partners ...

They once stood shoulder to shoulder with American forces but still lack the recognition ... a recent Senate committee hearing saw two dozen Hmong Special Guerrilla Unit veterans don their ...

Veterans listen during the dedication ceremony for the Minnesota Memorial for the United States and Alliance Special Forces in Laos ... granting some benefits to Hmong and Lao veterans who fought ...

50 years after the end of U.S involvement in the Vietnam War, Special Guerrilla Unit veterans and elders in the Minnesota Hmong community ... a secret war where U.S. forces were forbidden from ...

The CIA recruited Hmong people to fight as surrogates of the U.S. armed forces. The Red Scare played a huge role in the Vietnam War and the lesser known Secret War, waged concurrently in ...

But one morning in November 2023, a Hmong driver came to pick us up and ... “It‘s [bringing] memories of when we were young.” U.S. forces withdrew from Laos in 1973 in accordance with ...

Those people were organized into "Special Guerilla Units" and were ... the U.S. Because of their involvement with American forces, the Hmong and Laotians who helped out were routinely targeted ...

Vang Pao’s soldiers held the growing North Vietnamese forces to ... say that she is Hmong and that she carries that with her. That is, I think, what makes her so special because sometimes ...

The CIA recruited Hmong people in neighboring Laos to fight Communist forces during the Vietnam ... fascinating culture,” HSO adviser and South special education teacher Randall McAdoo said.