America's Secret War: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam
Xai Nou Vang
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Many Hmong men and boys joined General Vang Pao's troops to escape poverty.
Xai Nou Vang, former Special Guerilla Unit Captain and bodyguard to General Vang Pao, joined General Vang Pao's troops to escape poverty—the same choice that many Hmong men and boys made. In 1975, the CIA ordered General Vang Pao to make a clandestine escape from his headquarters in Long Tieng to Thailand, leaving behind Xai Nou and thousands of his Special Guerilla Unit soldiers.
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America's Secret War: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam
Xai Nou Vang
Clip: Special | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Xai Nou Vang, former Special Guerilla Unit Captain and bodyguard to General Vang Pao, joined General Vang Pao's troops to escape poverty—the same choice that many Hmong men and boys made. In 1975, the CIA ordered General Vang Pao to make a clandestine escape from his headquarters in Long Tieng to Thailand, leaving behind Xai Nou and thousands of his Special Guerilla Unit soldiers.
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Hmong testimonial of the CIA's Secret War in Laos and escaping a brutal communist regime. (1m)
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CIA operatives worked hand in glove with the Hmong and General Vang Pao during the Secret (3m 16s)
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The CIA recruited Hmong people to fight as surrogates of the U.S. armed forces. (6m 31s)
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As the Secret War ended, Hmong people were hunted by the Communist Pathet Lao. (8m 3s)
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Ganghis Khang talks about the poor living conditions of Ban Vinai Refugee Camp (1m 39s)
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Trying to survive meant living in constant fear and being faced with difficult choices. (3m 7s)
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Having grown up in Long Tieng, Lee Pao Xiong was no stranger to war even as a child. (4m 56s)
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Among the hardest hit by the Secret War were the Hmong people of northern Laos. (3m 17s)
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Nhiacha Vang relives a punishing battle in which he was critically injured by enemy fire. (4m 59s)
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America's Secret War: Minnesota Remembers Vietnam is presented by your local public television station.
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