For most of us the Vietnam War has taken its place in U.S. history books. Yet for about 400 older Hmong Minnesotans who fought with U.S. troops during the war in northern Laos, there is a wound ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is pushing for Hmong-American veterans of the “secret war” in Vietnam to receive the Congressional Gold Medal.. During the Vietnam War, the Hmong ...

For the rest of the world, the capture of Saigon – now Ho Chi Minh City – by North Vietnamese troops in 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War, but for the Hmong, it was just the beginning.

When the Communists began to take over Laos in the early 1960s, the CIA recruited Vang Pao to organize a Hmong fighting force. On May 7, 1963, Moua said, he was trained to fire an M-14 rifle.

Minnesota lawmakers passed a bill that would recognize Hmong and Lao veterans for fighting communism during the Vietnam War, making Minnesota the first state to do so. The Minnesota Senate passed ...

One of those groups is the Hmong community. Minnesota is home to the largest Hmong population in the country, and it all started nearly 50 years ago when the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon.

The CIA recruited and trained thousands of Hmong people to fight on behalf of Americans during a clandestine operation in Laos during the Vietnam War, known as the "Secret War." Now, those ...

MADISON - The Hmong and Laotian soldiers who clandestinely helped the U.S. fight during the Vietnam War could soon be formally recognized as veterans, thanks to newly introduced legislation.

GREENVILLE, Wis. (WLUK) -- The final Old Glory Honor Flight of the year recognized, in part, a group of Hmong veterans who assisted American troops during the Vietnam War. On board Wednesday's ...

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