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Laos: General Vang Pao in military fatigues during the American 'Secret War' (1960-1973), c. early-1960s

Laos: General Vang Pao in military fatigues during the American 'Secret War' (1960-1973), c. early-1960s

Vang Pao (Hmong: Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos (1964-1973). He was a leader in the Hmong American community in the United States.

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