Their families didn't know they were in Laos, and didn't know that they'd started working for the CIA in addition to their jobs with the U.S. Forest Service. They were young firefighters-turned-CIA ...

“A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA” (Simon & Schuster), by Joshua Kurlantzick Even with the hindsight of history, it’s mystifying that 56 years ago when John ...

About 1,000 Hmong men who served in special guerrilla units alongside the CIA during the secret war in Laos are still alive and living in Minnesota. Last year, the state legislature agreed to ...

The Minnesota Senate has approved a bill to recognize and provide limited benefits to Hmong and Lao veterans who fought ...

Loren Goldner reviews "A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA " by Joshua Kurlantzick. From Insurgent Notes #15, August 2017. Few people in America today know ...

In March 1968, North Vietnamese troops backed by Pathet Lao fighters made their way up the mountains and encircled Lima Site 85, which was defended by CIA-backed Hmong fighters along with Thai troops ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Minnesota Legislature is moving bills forward to secure partial veteran benefits in Minnesota for roughly 1,000 Hmong men who ...

About 1,000 Hmong men who fought alongside the CIA in Laos are close to locking in partial veteran benefits in Minnesota. The Minnesota Legislature is moving bills forward to secure these benefits, ...