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A CIA military base was their home during the ‘Secret War’ in Laos. Now Hmong Americans can finally see it again.
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 ...
Capt. Song Khoua Xiong, the commander of a Hmong guerilla unit in Laos that allied with the Americans during the Secret War, and his children are shown in Long Tieng in 1969 or 1970. (Photo courtesy ...
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Vang: I was born the year my homeland exploded
Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of material from 11 contributing columnists, along with other commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. I was born in 1975 ...
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