Royal Lao Air Force Pilots Serving in Military Region II from Hmong & Kmhmu* Tribes | Click on links and graphics for larger images to the Hill Tribe Pilots their valor, their courage, & their personal sacrifices. V.P. and his fellow countrymen felt the War was in his country his lands and did not want to have the deaths of American allies on his hands ... |
General Vang Pao (V.P.) was engaged in a
ground war against numerical superior odds from both the North Vietnamese Army
(N.V.A.) and his own country's Communist politically aligned "Pathet Lao" (P.L.).
For more historical notes related to the Hmong and other Hill Tribes
sacrifices and the Secret War, please read
"Tragic Mountains".
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* John Sayavong is from the Hill Tribe Kmhmu and provided this list of valiant pilots.
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LTC Vang Wangyee LVA National President What is LVA? Q&A LVA Bulletin Board LVA Center Legislature Mission Hmong Veterans Nationalization Act |
And, non -framed pages: Book Store Background Hall of Fame Legislative Bill Supporters Veterans' Day YOV TSHUA TXOG NEJ MUS IB TXHIS Former CIA Director William Colby testified before US Congress that there was 70,000 North Vietnamese Army inside Laos to fight against the Hmong Special Guerrilla Units, so there were total of 100,000 NVA troops fought against the Hmong who was the closest allies to the United States of America, the Hmong lost over 35,000 young men and women in that war, over 50,000 wounded and over 2,500 missing in actions stated Ltc. Wangyee Vang, former Chief Personnel of the 1st Strike Division Infantry which was commanded by Major General Vang Pao.. For more on such statements, please visit "Wings over Laos" Tribute Page "We owe the Hmong and Lao more then we can ever repay." - from the Speech of Mr. Paul Payne, U.S. Special Forces in Laos. |
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Laos: In Memory of Pilots during the War in Laos |
Photo Tribute Page of "A few of the brave, bold Lao Pilots.." |
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on the face of the earth in "Tragic Mountains"! against far superior numerical odds of NVA Regulars and their Neutral (Laos) Nation Allies during the Wars fought in Southeast Asia (SEA) - air support provided primarily by a bunch of guys known as the "Ravens" with a "supporting cast" of Air America Pilots and even U.S.A.F. Personnel! "Boun Chanh" Mr. John Sayavong, Kmhmu Tribe [email protected] E1B0 On-going Services Supervisor CalWorks Wk. Phone (714) 834-8842 ASAP/CRO/BLDG#91 Santa Ana Work Center 1000 E. Santa Ana Blvd., Suite 300 Santa Ana, CA 92702-2025 First Two Trained Hmong Pilots for V.P.'s Air Force Normal Crocker's T-28 Site T-28 Tangos U.S.A.F. T-28 Losses Khmer (Cambodian) Air Force More about the Secret War Hmong become Refugees from their own lands... The Refugee Experience Brought to you by Univ. of Calif. in Irvine S.E.A. Archives Hmong - Today in the U.S.A. A day in the life of a Hmong living in Minnesota, or Hometown, U.S.A. Please direct to: [email protected] The documents and graphics on this web site have been written and updated by and for veterans, is non-copyrighted. It may be freely copied, reproduced, distributed, or linked to. Question the motivation of others that wish to charge you a fee or "protect" their graphic images when the proper motivation is to remind people of the sacrifices made by all of us veterans alive and dead. |
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