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".
    The American C.I.A. was involved in providing aid to the Royal Lao politically inclined royalist and Royalists were provided with T-28 aircraft in support of bombing missions from Southern Laos to the North where Sam Neua and P.D.J. was overrun with Communist during the War.   The Ho Chi Minh Trails that ran through Southern Laos were a main transport artery for the N.V.A. supplying their efforts in South Vietnam.

"The Day We Lost Lee Lue"		Frank - In memory of Colonel Bounsoth Phetramphanh Savannakhet, Laos - Stanton, California January 24, 2001 "Kham Phiou's Instructor..." Guest @ my wedding Toasting my new wife The Wedding - Aug 19th'89 Bounsoth's Friends   & wife
Colonel Bounsoth Phetramphanh Tribute   30 Sep 31 - 24 Jan 01 FUNERAL NOTICE !!!     Saturday, 03 Feb 2001

Lao Roster - Kham Phiou Manivanh Lao Ace Pilot "Call Sign" - Spooky-13 "Look Mom!"     - my first shoes!	Some of Kham's photos -     L/S 08 - Kham - "Human" Prop!     L/S 08 - Vientiane     L/S 11 - Pakse     L/S 39 - Savannakhet     1965 Training at Udorn R.T.A.F.B.     L/S 20A - Longcheng - 1,000 Combat Sorties     M.R. V - Kham, Oper, Nong & Keun     AC-47 Spooky - Kham & Somsy     Learning how to fly ...		L/S 20 - Alternate Longcheng - LS20A T-28 Flight Line C.I.A. Lima Site Tragic Mountains By Road * Savannakhet Late'68/early'69 Downed RLAF T-28 D-5   and two. F4 down .. in Laos T-28 (needs new prop) ..may be wheels too A-1H .. ready for damage
Photo Credits: "Chaophakhao Red" Mr. Kham Phiou Manivanh [email protected]

    "Frank:   nice to hear from you.   I do not know what the fate of the pilot was.   I arrived there the next day with some people to inspect the aircraft since it had live ammo.   I have a couple of stories you might enjoy.   One day, I was flying a HH3 helicopter about 10 miles across the Mekong River, east of Savanakett.   About 3 T-28's which I think were Laotian made fighter-type passes at me and scarred the hell out of me.   I guess they were just having fun.   On another occasion, an A1E had crash landed on an abandon airstrip in Laos.   When he landed, out of control, he hit a water buffalo with a small child riding it (on the abandon runway.)   Both were killed.   The A1 was carrying a very large bomb of a special nature which the Americans did not want anyone to get their hands on.  I will attach a picture of what I believe was a similar bomb.   We hoisted the bomb back to NKP.   Also, a picture here of a F4 that went down at night with the pilot.   He had no idea where he was landing and miracously was unhurt."


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