Laos: General Vang Pao (right) with an American officer at the FAL (Forces Armées de Laos / Lao Armed Forces) Training Center, Khang Khai, Laos, March 1960

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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INDOCHINA WARS