The CIA recruited tens of thousands of Hmong men and boys as surrogate fighters for the U.S. in the Secret War in Laos during the 1960s and 1970s. Approximately 35,000 Hmong died protecting American ...

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WBAY) - Hmong Service Center Inc. celebrated Labor Day weekend with the Hmong National Labor Day Festival in Oshkosh on Saturday morning. This event celebrated Hmong culture and honored ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the 1960s, the CIA recruited Hmong people in Laos to battle Communist forces in southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. Many of ...

Paul Aleckson, project coordinator ; Anne Jagodzinski, James Kegel, editors. "The D.C. Everest Hmong Oral History Project ... has been prepared by staff and students from D.C. Everest Junior and ...

About 100 people rallied at the East Side Freedom Library in St. Paul against the deportation of Southeast Asian and Hmong immigrants. A Minnesota lawmaker is asking Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General ...

For decades, Ha Toung kept quiet about his experience in Southeast Asia. Toung, a former officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, migrated to the United States when American troops left Vietnam ...

A cultural street food festival took place over the weekend, offering attendees live entertainment and an opportunity to ...

Loren Goldner reviews "A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA " by Joshua Kurlantzick. From Insurgent Notes #15, August 2017. Few people in America today know ...

A military veteran who trained alongside the US Air Force and supported covert operations during the Vietnam War in what has become known as America’s “secret war” in neighboring Laos will be laid to ...