LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their escape, it ...
On May 14, 1975, Communist Lao Pathet forces swarmed the CIA military base in Long Tieng, Laos, and the regime began a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign against the Hmong for cooperating with the U.S.
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – Flags across the state will fly at half-staff Sunday to honor the thousands of Hmong-Lao veterans who fought alongside the United States during the Vietnam War and now live in ...