The WizardMan | Hometown - My Photo Album |
Picchione, Francis J. | Garden Grove, California - "Go Lakers!" |
Army - 697th "Pipeline" '68; Sattahip '69; 3 wives later (Thai/Lao/Isan...) |
Army Times | http://www.armytimes.com/ | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Army |
West Point
Prep School College R.O.T.C. Warrant Officers NCO Academy Training Centers - Armor, Artillery, Aviation & "Home of the Infantry - Ft Benning" Army Installations Worldwide | ||||||||||||||
"Be all that you can be - in the Army!" Technical Training you can't get anywhere else - in the Army! U.S. Army Computer Science School - MOS 74F40 Soldiering for the Few, the Rangers - Special Forces - Airborne! Proud to say - " I'm a U.S. Army Veteran!" Tribute to the Cartoonist "..that poke'd fun at our beloved army" |
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U.S. Army Aviation Museum | http://www.aviationmuseum.org/collect.htm | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Army Aviation | http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/aviation/ | ||||||||||||||
Poems by "Army Mom" | http://grunt.space.swri.edu/CSarmymm.htm | ||||||||||||||
Veterans News and Information | http://www.vnis.com | ||||||||||||||
V.F.W. - National (Veterans of Foreign Wars) |
http://www.vfw.org | ||||||||||||||
Arlington National Cemetary | http://www.mdw.army.mil/cemetery.htm | ||||||||||||||
V.F.W. Post 10249 - Udorn, Thailand | http://www.khonkaen.com/vfw/ | ||||||||||||||
V.F.W. Post 10217 - Korat, Thailand | http://www.vfw10217.com/ | ||||||||||||||
Vietnam Veterans' Memorial |
http://www.nps.gov/vive/ | ||||||||||||||
http://www.nps.gov/vive/index2.htm | |||||||||||||||
http://www.nps.gov/vive/wommem.htm | |||||||||||||||
http://www.nps.gov/vive/names.htm | |||||||||||||||
http://www.nps.gov/mrc/reader/vvmcr.htm | |||||||||||||||
http://www.nps.gov/mrc/vvmc/faq2.htm | |||||||||||||||
http://www.nps.gov/mrc/partner/vvmf.htm | |||||||||||||||
"All gave some, some gave all ..." Tribute Page - .. to those that did not come home. TRIBUTE CASUALTY ID FORM Click here please. Click here for S.E.A. Links Prototype of Front-End Engine (Under Construction) Browza Screen Front-End Desktop The Splash Screen Password Access Ad Hoc Reporter Previewer Report Order Choose Report Format Ad Hoc Reporter is Data Dictionary or Data-Driven External Reports can be attached. | |||||||||||||||
S.E.A. Indigenous Peoples (Tribes) Montagnards, Hmong (Laos), Mnong ... Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia |
http://www.bidness.com/dega/ http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/vietnam/90-23/tab2.htm |
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Tribal Links | http://www.bidness.com/dega/indiglinks.html | ||||||||||||||
Hmong Warriors in the Secret War | "Tragic Mountains" in Laos | ||||||||||||||
Captain D.L. "Pappy" Hicks, U.S. Army (Retired) U.S. Army Special Forces Secret Wars in Laos from 1960 Covert Ops in Laos and South Vietnam A True Soldier's Hero
"It's enough for me when General Vang Pao honors and recognizes "Pappy",
please visit the following web site links:
Pa'ndau honoring "Pappy" presented by Vang Pao,
A secret army no more,
RECOGNITION OF THE SECRET ARMY, An explanatory statement and photographs by "Pappy",
Counterparts' D.L. "Pappy" Hicks Honored by Hmong Leaders in Washington
"Secret Army" Recognition Ceremonies. |
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"Pappy" and Gen. Vang Pao - May'97
Pappy's wife, Margie, in Lao Dress
Pa'ndau reflecting Hmong transformation from tribal life to soldier "Pappy" and Gen. Vang Pao - 1986 | |||||||||||||||
"Pappy" on the "Mall" - May'98 "Attention!" - "Pappy" - Green Beret Honored by U.S. Congress - May'97 |
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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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Read how a hand-full of CIA "SKY" Advisors worked with the bravest guerrila fighters 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!
WorldNetDaily's roving international correspondent
Anthony C. LoBaido.
During the past year, LoBaido has traveled throughout Thailand and Laos,
at considerable personal risk, documenting the plight of Laos' Hmong tribesmen
-- including former CIA / Special Forces soldiers who fought side-by-side with
American soldiers during the Vietnam war. Among the most Christianized of the
hill tribes in Southeast Asia, the Hmong have been the object of great persecution
by both the Stalinist government of Laos and the Communist government of Vietnam.
But their biggest betrayal of all is still coming -- from the United States
government and the United Nations. Until now, no reporter from any other news
organization worldwide has been willing or able to document this important story.
Click here for excerpts and references from World Net Daily. |
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CIA Airline "Air America" "Anytime - Anyplace" |
http://www.air-america.org/ Hmongs - First Class! |
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The "Ravens" Secret War |
http://www.ravens.org/
The "Ravens" History Page |
http://www.ravens.org/history.htm
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Secret Wars in Laos |
http://www.angelfire.com/in/Laos/war.html |
CIA "SKY" Bulletin Board |
http://home.pinehurst.net/mule/ |
Army Lieutenant/CIA SKY Codenamed | James E. Parker, Jr. "Mule" Book Author
"Codename Mule: Fighting the Secret War in Laos | for the CIA" (Naval Institute Special Warfare Series)
T-28 for the Secret War |
http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/9553/ |
Official, De-classified Dept. of State |
Documents Vol XXVIII - Laos 1964-1968 http://www.state.gov/www/about_state/ ..history/vol_xxviii/index.html |
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