Fifty years have passed since the clandestine military base fell to Communist soldiers, forcing tens of thousands of Hmong people to run from persecution for their alliance with Americans in the ...

Minnesota is on its way to officially recognizing the service of Hmong and Lao and other veterans who fought alongside the U.S. in the “Secret War” during the 1960s and 1970s in Laos. A veterans and ...

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – In the 60s and early 70s, thousands of soldiers sacrificed their lives in the name of democracy, but the legacy of those who fought in the Secret War has remained a ...

Changing state law to define them as veterans would unlock state veterans benefits like the Minnesota GI bill or access to the state's veterans homes.

The CIA recruited tens of thousands of Hmong men and boys as surrogate fighters for the U.S. in the Secret War in Laos during the 1960s and 1970s. Approximately 35,000 Hmong died protecting American ...

Dozens of Hmong veterans marched Friday with their U.S. allies at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.., to remember a long-ago war in Laos. Michael Doyle McClatchy ARLINGTON NATIONAL ...

For decades, Ha Toung kept quiet about his experience in Southeast Asia. Toung, a former officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, migrated to the United States when American troops left Vietnam ...