Long Cheng, Laos: "Secret Army." This is part of the air arm of the CIA-sponsored "Secret Army" of Maj. Gen. Vang Pao at Long Cheng. The U. S. And...
Soldier of the CIA-sponsored "secret army" of Major General Vang Pao, warlord of pro-government Hill Tribsesmen, marches with rifle and ammo. The...
General Vang Pao, the Commander of Laotian forces at the once-secret base here, calls in air strikes against suspected Communist positions from the...
Washington, UNITED STATES: This file 11 May 2000 file photo shows former Hmong general Vang Pao with Lao veterans after laying a wreath at the...
Pao Vang trims the grass in the front yard of a home he rents in the Lowell neighborhood on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 in Fresno, CA.
Sam Thong, Laos: A Hair-Do In The Midstoof War. Fierce fighting in nearby areas seems somewhat remote to these two little girls as they fix their...
Washington, UNITED STATES: This file 11 May 2000 file photo shows former Hmong general Vang Pao with Lao veterans after laying a wreath at the...
Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 Ð 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos ....
Washington, UNITED STATES: -- A file photo taken 11 May 2000 shows former Hmong general Vang Pao talking after laying a wreath at the Vietnam...
Lieutenant Xai Vang wore a medal honoring Major General Vang Pao during a service at the Hmong/Lao Veteran Statue to honor and remember those who...
Joey McLeister/Star Tribune East St. Paul,Mn.,Thurs.,June 23, 2005--Blia Yang Vang has a certificate signed by Gen. Vang Pao securing his position as...
Hmong war veterans and community members prepare for the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao during the start of...
Hmong war veterans in front of a portrait of their former leader General Vang Pao, during a candlelight vigil before the start of his five day...
Hmong refugee Pao Vang inspecting electronic parts at the valley Lab in Boulder. Credit: The Denver Post
Washington, UNITED STATES: -A file photo taken 11 May 2000 shows former Hmong general Vang Pao talking after laying a wreath at the Vietnam Memorial...
Washington, UNITED STATES: -- A file photo taken 11 May 2000 shows former Hmong general Vang Pao speaking after laying a wreath at the Vietnam...
Washington, UNITED STATES: This file 11 May 2000 file photo shows former Hmong general Vang Pao speaking after laying a wreath at the Vietnam...
Washington, UNITED STATES: This file 11 May 2000 file photo shows former Hmong general Vang Pao with Laotian veterans after laying a wreath at the...
Pao Ge Vang, age 5 waits for the school bus to take him home after his second day in kindergarten at the Herndon and Barstow Elementary school...
Students left to right Eduardo Monge Pao Vang Jose Torres and Garett McCune work on the alternator in a truck in their Diesel Technology One course...
Vang Pang Xiong shows photos of himself when he served as an officer in General Vang Pao's Hmong secret army which fought the communists alongside...
Portrait of Vang Xieng Yang dating back to when he served as an officer in General Vang Pao's Hmong secret army which fought the communists alongside...
Hmong men pray, light incense and place candles on an altar during a nightly vigil for Hmong leader General Vang Pao at the Hmong New Year center in...
Hmong women weep during a nightly vigil at the Hmong New Year center in Fresno for Hmong leader General Vang Pao..
Linda Garcia, english language development teacher coaches the some of the Vang children from left to right-PaoChoua, age 7, Seng, age 11, and...
The Vang's pose outside their new three bedroom rental home December 12, 2004 in Fresno, California. From left-back is Thai Vang holding 10 month old...
Former Hmong General Vang Pao lays a wreath at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC, marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in...
Laos, Xianghoang, War, Meo soldiers carrying guns and grenades, members of the CIA army under Gen. Vang Pao wait at Ban Xon airport to be flown out...
The house of Hmong General Vang Pao, the commander of the so-called Secret Army, in the town of Long Tieng, Laos, as seen on August 24, 2025. Long...
The house of Hmong General Vang Pao, the commander of the so-called Secret Army, in the town of Long Tieng, Laos, as seen on August 24, 2025. Long...
The house of Hmong General Vang Pao, the commander of the so-called Secret Army, in the town of Long Tieng, Laos, as seen on August 24, 2025. Long...
The house of Hmong General Vang Pao, the commander of the so-called Secret Army, in the town of Long Tieng, Laos, as seen on August 24, 2025. Long...
The house of Hmong General Vang Pao, the commander of the so-called Secret Army, in the town of Long Tieng, Laos, as seen on August 24, 2025. Long...
Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 Ð 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos ....
Rightist Hmong General Vang Pao is pictured holding hands with Thai Army Chief of Staff Surakij Mayalab at a site overlooking HmongÐCIA headquarters...
Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 Ð 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos ....
Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 Ð 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos ....
Vaj Pov; 8 December 1929 Ð 6 January 2011) was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army and leading figure in the American 'Secret War' in Laos ....
Members of the Hmong community cry as they watch the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao on it's horse drawn...
Member of the Hmong community cries as watches the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao on it's horse drawn...
Colorfully dressed Hmong girls take photos of the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao during the start of his five...
Members of the Hmong community react after viewing the open casket of Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao on the second day of his...
Members of the Hmong community cry as they watch the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao on it's horse drawn...
Colorfully dressed Hmong girls take photos of the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao during the start of his five...
Members of the Hmong community wait in line to view the open casket of Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao on the second day of his...
The casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao is unloaded from a horse drawn carriage at the start of his five day...
Hmong war veterans form an honor guard as they wait for the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General Vang Pao during the start...
Hmong women in traditional attire line a Fresno street to watch a funeral procession of the late General Vang Pao in 2011. Women in the Sacramento...
Medals on the chest of a Hmong war veteran forming an honor guard as they wait for the casket containing Hmong war hero and community leader General...
Joey McLeister/Star Tribune. East St. Paul, Mn., Weds., June 15, 2005 -- Members of the Xiong family watch "Spiderman" under a poster of Gen. Vang...
Joey McLeister/Star Tribune. East St. Paul, Mn., Thurs., June 23, 2005 -- Blia Yang Vang has a certificate signed by Gen. Vang Pao securing his...
Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune. St. Paul, MN., Friday, 5/21/2004. Cha Vang interpreted for his father General Vang Pao during a press conference at the...
Joey McLeister/Star Tribune St. Paul,Mn.,Tues.,Jan. 11, 2005-- Nine-year-old Juan Alonzo, 11-year-old Rebecca Ferguson, 10-year-old Mai Kia Vang and...
Joey McLeister/Star Tribune St. Paul,Mn.,Tues.,Jan. 11, 2005--Gathered around the original projector at the Mounds Theater in St. Paul are young...
Seated with two eagle scouts from his troop Dave Moore listened as the noon festivities got under way. The scouts are, Pao Vang and Pha Vue . GENERAL...
Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune. St. Paul, MN., Friday, 5/21/2004. General Vang Pao was escorted by security after finishing his press conference at the...
St. Paul - 00000602A - - Among the dignitaries attending the Hmong New Years celebration at St. Paul's River Centre was Hmong General Pao Vang,...
Joey McLeister/Star Tribune St. Paul,Mn.,Tues.,June 28, 2005--Gen. Vang Pao watches dancers at an open house for the Center for Hmong Studies at...
