As a Vietnam veteran, I observed the Hmong and was very disturbed how our country abandoned them. I was happy when I learned that some were coming to America to be resettled. Some were settled in North Carolina. When I was shopping in Charlotte I was waited on by a young lady with a Hmong name that I recognized from my study of their culture and the sacrifices that they made for our cause in Vietnam. Her grandfather had fought and helped us in Vietnam. I asked her to thank him for his help and how much I respected their culture. He had passed away that same year. All of her generation were doing very well and were well educated. She was a computer specialist. She was living out the American sucess story dream. We still are the land of the free and opportunity for all. Seeing her and talking with her gave me joy. Thank you for making this video.
Life changing in the good old USA for our Hmong now. My Childrens had their master's degree now and making a good living in Minnesota. But that how my father feels when the American pull out of Laos after the Vietnam War. Life America changes so much right now.
@minzo nakul Won't deny it, Hmong fought for 2 side during that war. 1 side fought for the US (general vang pao group), the other side fought for North Vietnam. Sadist part was that Hmong were fighting themselves...GVP group's lost and US abandoned them.
Born and raised here, I know very little about the Secret war in Laos. I cried throughout the whole documentary. I lost my dad in 2017. He ran from the war and saw many things. He came to the United States in the early 1980s. I truly didnt understand what my dad was trying to tell me til now about how hard he fought to come here. For me this was a very emotional and informative documentary. Thank you for sharing the video.
So glad you were able to see the documentary. Thank you for your dad's service. So glad you are part of our great country. Your culture has contributed to our history...carry on now the freedom he fought to preserve then. Don Krom Veteran of Vietnam War.
My old man was side by side with my grandpa they fought with the American. My dad while family got ambush inside their home kuzz they have two wounded american soldier inside their home. Everyone die except my dad. He ran into the jungle by himself. He survive almost 2 weeks by himself with a gun wound to his arm. He ate grub and anything he can find. So proud of my pops and my grand parent. This should be taught in history in school so the new generation know who we Hmong is and what we did.
We, Hmong, suffered a great lost during this Secret War; However, The sad thing about it, this war won't known by the American public. Eventhough so many of us who made to US now have good life. Thanks god!......
I was a young boy in Wisconsin in the mid 70's and well remember the families that our churches sponsored and the stories from the refugees that made it to our small town. The Hmong were fierce allies against the north Vietnamese and many were mistreated for that allegiance. Not all have forgotten the sacrifice that your people made.
Thank you PBS, for contributing our race of all hmong minorities. Watching this shows makes me feel happy with kuv yawm who still alive with me to this day. 😊 Sad about about my yawm txiv who was a second lieutenant who served the war.😢
This really pisses me off, that our country used these people and then just left them to die!! The same as with the indenious tribes in S. Vietnam and the Kurds In Iraqi and now the Afghan's who helped us for 20 yrs. Have we ever honored our agreements with anybody or do we always just leave in the night.
@@Peter-rl4nc if we didn't care we wouldn't have sent thousands of our sons to their deaths, all the while knowing that we were simply prolonging the invetiable mass genocide of an entire region of the world. We are the most generous country in the history of earth in terms of Humanitarian Aid. Hell, we even pay for our enemies weapons at this point. I don't know what country you're from but you could do yourself a favor and come here with your loved ones. It's the safest place in the world in spite of what the mainstream media would lead you to believe. And even though I may disagree with your description of my countrymen I would welcome you here to see for yourself. No government including yours has hands free of blood and suffering.
Thank you for so much sharing this! My Dad was a veteran of the Iu Mien army that fought along side the Hmong army in this war. 🙏 it breaks my heart seeing what's happening now!
@@TheHmongcgi Those who fled Vietnam already know what's going to happen next. Talibans take over, mass migration of refugees, lots of new Afghans will move to borderline countries, others will fled the country such as usa esp the generals and loyal servants of the usa. Usa never learn from their past mistake. If you invade a country, dont expect it to ever end; you will be there forever or expect a bloody riot/civil war once you done pissing on them. It's easier to invade than to control.
I've had the extreme privilege to be friends of a few of vang poa's grandsons. They helped me through a rough patch in my life after my parents passed. I will be forever in there debt....
Thank you so much for doing this documentary. We don’t have our own country nor a flag but America is now our country thanks to the brave men and women who fought in the secret war. Our history is American history.
Both of my Grandfathers served in the Hmong Special Guerilla Units. Captain Yong Dua Xiong & Chue Ya Vang. I am extremely proud to be Hmong. I'm grateful my grandfathers fought for life and liberty which gave us the opportunity to live in The Greatest Country, America. We cannot forget the sacrifices these brave men and women made for the freedom we have today. Additionally, I am serving as a United States Marine because of the positive influence my grandfathers instilled in me. We need to share this wonderful documentary to the world! Thank you.
Thank you for your service as a Marine. My adopted son just retired as a Master Gunny E-9. Best wishes and safety for you as you serve our country. Your grandfathers taught you well in the spirit of a warrior protecting our culture and people.
You're proud they served in a war of Imperialism, against a government fighting for Democracy? America isn't a force for freedom. It's one of unending exploitation and oppression.
Massive respect to these people. I also never heard, read or was taught about the Hmong. I am ashamed of my ignorance. Thank you for this documentary. PBS, always the best.
Brings me to tears hearing that GVP took the Hmong people to America, when 10k people were left standing at the airfield not knowing that the last plane and GVP had already left. Families that ran for their lives through the jungles to survive and made it to the US, have no one to thank but their blessings.
@@chrisbrent7487 Not Laotian Army, it's The "Communist Laotian Army". we supported the Right-Wing Royalists. Royal Lao Military Armed Forces surrendered and laid down their arms..until we decided to keep on fighting.
@@miketice3910 this, i have got to laugh about its a guarantee I'm smarter than your born and raised ars very well got more bread. At the end of the day I feel sorry for you and than you wonder why yo mama don't love you.
I’m in central California. We’re loaded with these people. I remember when they started migrating here after the war. Ive found them to be good people. Hard working, entrepreneurial, family oriented. 👍
My heart break watching this documentary knowing that my father was one of the Hmong young boy who was forced to join the military at the age of 11. All his brother die from the war and have lost so many love one.
Everytime I watched and reviewed my Hmong history I always have tears all on my face. I love my leaders, i love my people, and i my love my country. May God watches and bless our Hmong people in every countries. I feel like the American still own us a lot.
America owes a lot to the hmong we fought they're war, in the end they left us to die so fux you along with all the bullshiet going on today in america.
Watching this and knowing how our government has used people from certain countries to fight with us and then to just leave them to the enemy whenever we leave really makes me ashamed!!!! All these people helped us but we left em all to die, just like the S. Vietnamese tribes who helped us and the Kurds in Iraqi also.
I feel so terrible I'm glad I know the story I knew how the South Vietnamese were so betrayed but I never heard of the Hmong people I admire them willing to fight for their freedom in Liberty that takes a very proud people and that's people that I admire the most but betraying people is never acceptable and I'm not proud that my country did that! I know it wasn't the soldiers on the ground but politicians but that's the way it always is the Hmong people and the soldiers that fall together they were brothers in arms and it's terrible that a politician just tells him just go home like nothing happened and leave the people to fend for themselves unacceptable so so sorry to hear of this but I'm glad the story is told!
Have you ever hear Viet Minh was betrayed also? In ww2 CIA help building up Ho Chi Minh 's army ( Viet Minh) to fight agaist Japan Ho Chi Minh had been in New York. He lear how Washington lead the American get freedom from English colony. tuoitre.vn/dong-minh-oss-trong-cuoc-khang-nhat---ky-1-dat-nen-mong-dau-tien-216143.htm Archimedes Patti ( CIA agent) is the first one was call to see the first independent of Vietnam In 2-9-1945 some CIA stand side by side Ho Chi Minh when he speaking independent declare.(90% content same to the US independent declare) because Ho Chi Minh is nationalizm, he is big fan of Washington, A.Lincoln....etc When the French colony back to Indochina he sent many letter to the US president to help VN get freedom, because he trust American is a big symbol of freedom. Irony the US president chose supporting French colony Only the USSR and China....support Vietnam Can you watch more document to know why the US chose VN to be a nêw enemy. " Why Vietnam" Achilles D' Patty "Vietnam war " PBS television ....... Join comunist is the way to get indepent. vietnamesse love peace and freedom as much as the American do. Focus on Nationalism instead of comunism.thanks from VN ❤️
Those who were left behind to fend for their life. They are the ones I have more respect for because they are the ones getting persecuted and hunted down. Watching this brings me so much tears and pain in my heart what they had to endure out in the cold and hungry. Wars brings nothing but more pains on both side.
@mrvang8077 yeah we just need to say no more war, because no none of us common people are the ones fighting the wars ever gain anything from any wars, it's always the ones at the top that don't fight themselves, that are doing the all the gaining of money. We should just refuse to fight. I'm done with war. I'm a Gulf War veteran but there's no way I would do anything but fight for my own life and the life of the people around me where I live.
Thank u PBS for sharing our hmong story...the war is gone...but the scars" never left... But united... We stand among our heros" shoulders... The bars was never easy... The weight is also challenging...this little group...made history on the map...god bless America and her hmong Allies...
Growing up in America and knowing little about this secret war in Laos, we often take life for granted. Our ancestors, great grandparents, parents, uncles, cousins, friends fought in this war to pave the way for us to live free in America. We should appreciate them and thank them for their services and not take it for granted because they've all suffered for us. This is our Hmong people, thank you for the documentary. Every Hmong soldier has their own stories and I love listening and sympathize with every stories I hear.
Very powerful! Words and phrases can not describe the impact that the Vietnam war had on so many people of Lao. Let this wars politics be a lesson for any future wars that we consider with another country or currently within our own country. Thank you for such great content!
To think about my grandparents and parents going through this just shows how strong they were and are, to be where we’re at today. I have a wife and 2 toddler boys. I can’t even imagine going through this chaos with my 2 little boys. 😔
Thank you for your grandfathers sacrifices to help the American efforts..I will never forget them.. Your culture has contributed to our culture...carry on now the freedom he fought to preserve then. Don Krom Veteran of Vietnam War.
Thank you for sharing. I am a first gen Hmong American. It is a miracle I am alive and get to expirience what it is to be human. My parents and grandparents have gone through hell and back to carve out a life for themselves and their kin. It saddens me that this country is still in the shadows about our sacrifices and has barely acknowledged our sacrifices. I do hope Hmong people can continue healing and thriving.
While I was eating. I came across this documentary about Hmong and the secret war. I couldn't swallow my food because it hurts and chills straight to the button of my guts. That's because I am Hmong, and I love my people just like everyone else loves their own.
All the Hmong people now in America, France, Australia and other parts of the world should appreciated and thanks to these boys for their sacrifice for us to have a better life today
My dad is 69 and my uncle is 65. They both went to war for GVP with thier older brother and he was KIA. They tell me their stories all the time, and its amazing they lived to tell it. So many lives lost, they've seen so much death. After the war, they had to flee to Thailand for refuge and that alone is another war. I'm thankful for everyone who fought in this war, it brung my parents to the USA and I was born with this beautiful life.
A big THANK YOU from France to show the world what happened to my people, to my Country. My parents and lots of my family, uncle ... escape Laos in 1979, when I was born, so I don't remember something, don't even have known of this, but They always used to tell us why we had to leave our land. To listen to people are interested in this history is really nice.
My father was one who spoke little about his experiences during his time serving as a child soldier. I don't know why he didn't share his thoughts with me... I'll never know.
My uncle was 16, and my dad was 13 when they were both drafted as foot soldiers who carried ammunition on foot to the secret sites throughout the jungle. My uncle stepped on a bomb on one of his mission, he became handicapped but he survived. Though they weren't legally honored as veterans and never receive veteran benefits, they are still gracious to this country. When my uncle died, we wrote a letter to the our local veteran rotary, they were kind to come and honor my uncle's death. I saw tears rolled down my Dad's face because his brother was finally honored for defending the Unites States. Reflecting back, it's so sad that none of this was even recognized in the school history books growing up. The United States is built on the backs of so many who were never acknowledged and were even left behind.
Not everyone know what’s it like having bombs drop continuously. What it was like to flee your beloved country. How long the wait to arrive to a new country. And the pain buried deep inside that never seems to fade. Tens on thousand of soldiers killed. And hundreds of thousand innocent people slaughtered. It’s sad to know what we Hmong had to go through. But let this be a spark to grow together and become better for the future Hmong community.
Powerful story that many never knew transpired. Immense struggle and suffering along the ultimate drive to survive and persevere. In the end, geopolitics transgress all, while notions of truth and justice remain largely unattainable. Round and round it goes. Little that is learned, often quickly fades into the mist of historical interpretations. Glad to have seen this. Makes you appreciate life, however difficult it might be. Take care folks.
My grandfather and father, both serve in this war because we had relatives already serving under VangPao. Their journey started in north Vietnam where they were born and raised unlike many Hmong of Laos.many Hmongs in the general vicinity didn’t have a choice to be neutral in this war. I was born in Longcheng and move to Pakay shortly afterwards due to the constant bombardment of Longcheng. We unfortunately didn’t make the flight out of Laos. I was 5 yrs old when we had to walk through the jungle of Laos to get to the Mekong. We were captured by Laotians and my parents paid with almost everything they had so we can be set free to get to the Mekong. Those that arrived first were at the military camp “Napong.” My youngest brother was born at the camp so she was about (8) month pregnant during our march to Freedom. All the Hmong were transferred to Banvinai Camp about (3) month afterwards. Those who arrived at Banvinai first like us, had to stay in tents because the refugee houses were not finished being built. We live in sector 3, 3rd row of houses and the 3 house from the bottom. I was only (5) but remember every part of the journey and hardship. That is what being traumatized will do to 5 yr old. My dad and grandpa would tell me their war stories and reaffirmed what I remember from Laos to Thailand. Many many Hmongs lost their lives trying to get to Thailand. But no matter how hard and horrible all of this was, being in America and being apart of this nation, reflecting on everything: it was worth the journey!
Wow! This is a wonderful documentary! I’m from Fresno. This is very relevant to our city, since we have such a huge Hmong and southeast Asian community, in general.
Its sad but true. America 🇺🇸 will never admit that the Hmong have fought along side Americans. Maybe because its best to never share something that wasn’t suppose to exist. However, American soldiers will never forget who they work with during the catastrophe. This is what makes soldiers different from the government.
I’ve heard all the stories from my father in law. GVP is my uncle, he was a very nice man. Accepting to me as an American woman that married into the family. One thing I need to know is this. “When my FIL passes away, shouldn’t he be buried where he deserves as he was a fighter, next to GVP?” Obviously this isn’t a secret any longer..
Great documentary! Our families/ancestors made many sacrifices and paved a way to be where we are today. And this documentary should be a reminder as to how we don’t realize how good of a life we have it now compared to the past. Appreciate and love all. I am forever grateful and proud to be born Hmong.
Wish i have herd the stories from my dad and grandpa durning the war, they past away to early and too young to know any better to ask them, this documentary was sad and rejoice at the same time thanks
👁️👁️🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👲 Thank You ALL and being the voice for those who cry for freedom, justice and to tell the story that many don't know, that even the spirits wants to tell and why ... Hmong is here.
The hmong casualties was so high that 10% of their population was decimated 35,000 dead out of their population of only 350,000 Imagine 10% of the United state population that would be 35 million people . The hmong didn't know that they weren't just fighting pathet laos troops but was fighting one of the best north vietnamese division they didn't know what they went up against.. the hmong stalled and intercepted troops and supplied that was suppose to go to South vietnam through laos . Everyone hmong that died is another American soldier that get to live .. sometime 100 hmong soldier would go rescued 1 down US pilot shot down and 7 8 9 of them would of died just to save 1 American pilot
Long live Jerry's name in the Hmong community. Because Jerry is one of those Americans who were sent to Laos and learned to love the Hmong people and do really care for the Hmong unconditionally. Heaven will bring faith to those who are responsible for his suspicious death.
Thank You very much to our Hmong Great and Brave leaders, and a very Special Thanks to our Hmong Heart Love General Vang Pao and any Hmong soldiers who had sacrificed their lifes to protect the Hmong peoples, the US CIA and any citizens in Laos. This Secret War was significantly a commitment and cooperation between the Hmong and the United States fight in the battles against the North Vietnamese soldiers which to protect American pilots who were shot down by the North Vietnamese soldiers and to protect Laos from falling to Communism. This war will never be forgotten by the Hmong peoples and the US CIA in their History forever.
I am Hmong, I am very sad just like anyone of you. We are in the land of opportunity now. I have dreams that one day we can bring peace amounts our people and live life as one. Teach your children well and help them to achieve High Education. They will United and we will Stand as one.
I felt so guilty that in the past in Laos our parents fought a war wasn't our own country. We fought a war that wasn't belong to us. We fought a war that didn't cause by us. We fought a war that belong to somebody else. We fought a war that caused by somebody else. We fought a war that the world or U.N. didn't recognize. We didn't get the credit we deserved (we didn't show on the American History Book like Vietnam) because we didn't know the mission that somebody else just wanted to used us as dog hunter. After 1975 our beloved left behind got genocide without care and helped. We should let the Indochina War to the Laos, Viet, and US who caused the war to handle, not us. We should stay aside and watch them fight because we're almost an endanger ethnic minority. However, it was a good lesson for us to learn from our past mistake and never be somebody else dog hunter again.
You know it like Hmong people born in USA joining the military to fight for their country just like Hmong people born in loas to fight for their country
Vang Pao was a war monger, he was eager to fight, he didn't think about the consequence and aftermath, especially for his people. He didn't think, it's a war Hmong people didn't need to get involved.
@@zzzthaoster You need to learn more Hmong history buddy. let's be real here even if the Hmong had try to avoid the war, reality was that it was unavoidable. The Communist was marching to the capital of Laos to over throw the Royal Lao Government. The territories that the Communist had to pass by was to pass directly through the heavily populated Hmong in region 2. What many young Hmong generation today don't know is that the Hmong have been fighting against the Communist along side the French in that region 2 since 1949. With that reason that's why it was unavoidable when the Communist came. This document literally said it too. Did you think the Communist would of just came by and not retaliate against them for fighting along side the French in the past? Their was a reason why right after the French left Laos in 1954 these Hmong immediately turn to the Royal Lao Government for help because the the Royal Lao Government was strongly against the Communist too. Why did these Hmong supported the French during the 1950s against the Communist you may ask. Because they already had a bound between the two side of the Hmong and Fench as close allies in Laos since the 1940s. You ask why because during ww2 the Japanese invaded Laos and force tens of thousands of Hmong into force labor camps to built the train track connecting Vietnam through Laos to Thailand. Many old old Hmong folks story tells these stories all the time. Of the brutal time when the Japanese came to force them into hard labor camps and many Hmong had to fled to the mountains to escape the Japanese brutality. Many Hmong during this time join with the French resistance and fought against the Japanese throught out Northern Laos. This was also Vang Pao early stage military career fighting in war. But during the 1920s the Hmong and the French was fighting each other over heavily taxation. So these Hmong have been fighting against the Communist years before the C.I.A ever made contact with them. When the C.I.A contacted Vang Pao they were literally fighting against the Communist and holding them off at PaDong. Also reality their were Hmong fighting on all sides of the war. In Vietnam the Vietnamese estimated over 120,000 Hmong were drafted by Ho Chi Minh and many were sent to fight in South Vietnam and sent to fight against Vang Pao SGU in Laos. While a unknown amount of Hmong in Laos that fought under FayDang LoBliaYo with the Pathet Lao. They were the opposition that fought against Vang Pao S.G.U. These Hmong after the war were giving mayor's position and they live freely today in Laos with little problem with the Current Laos Communist government. FayDang LoBliaYo during the 1980s try desperately to end the fighting against Hmong ChaoFa and desperately try to talk his Communist government to come to a peaceful treaty with The Hmong Chao Fa. But all that did was got him executed by his own Communist government as a traitor. Then their was the conflict in Thailand that many Hmong in America rarely knows about nor talks about. Thailand estimated over 240,000 fought under Blia Ya Xiong with the Communist Party of Thailand or CPT. Also the reason why it was so important for Thailand to not have Vang Pao Hmong that were fleeing to Thailand from getting mix up with the Hmong in Thailand. Thailand also recruited some Hmong SGU refugees to go fight against the Hmong CPT in Northern Thailand for Thai citizenship. One Hmong famous SGU that took the offer was Pa Kao Her. The famous Chao Fa head General that would lead the Chao Fa to multiple deadly large scale fighting in Laos during the 1990s. These Hmong C.P.T in Thailand were defeated during the 1980s against the Thai Government and many fled to China with a few fled to Laos. Is kinda find funny because many Hmong under Vang Pao fled to Thailand to escape Communist. While some Hmong in Thailand fled to Laos to find safely under the Communist in Laos. The Hmong-Thai CPT General Blia Ya Xiong also fled to Laos but was assassinated in 1992. Many believe he was assassinated by Hmong Chao Fa. All of this hint the Hmong kill Hmong issue....
@@hmong_keeb_kwm Thanks for sharing those historical events. I didn't have full knowledge about it. My problem with that secret war was the CIA and Vang Pao didn't have any back up plans for the Hmongs should they lose the war. All the horrible atrocities the Hmongs suffered after losing the war, including those still being hunted in the jungle of Laos are the consequences the Hmongs getting involved in war.
The Hmong are wonderful, freedom loving people whose only desire in life has been to live in peace, working the land of their ancestors with their families. It's something so dear to them that they're willing to die, going to war against powers much larger and more powerful than them. If that doesn't stir feelings somewhere deep in the souls of we Americans, feelings of a familiar, even intimate type, then shame on us. It may not have been communism that we went to war over a few hundred years ago, but it was with the same willingness to give up our lives before giving up our inalienable rights. The United States government betrayed not only the Hmong; it betrayed itself by turning its back on its own founding principals.
13:10 hits hard for real, my dad was in this war running away from the communist, while my grandpa served with General Vang, he has mad PTSD and will sometime break and cry
The untold story of the CIA secret war. The timeline documentary is a must-watch it came out years before pbs did this. I recommend watching it as well.
I was so proud of the Hmong people are very hard working, Intelligent and I was happy to help them out as Air Support and resettlement in many year back in 1964-1975. All of these are my lovely friends, Pop Buel and others are no longer with us, but our love always be with them. May God Bless you all...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024-25 in the America..🥰😪✍🙏, Thank you All your SERVED. and I only cries when I saw the young nurses helping the soldiers.
i think it would be a good idea to translate this documentary in french for hmong who live in France... bc in France there is no documentary like this and many youngs don t know our history, language is disappear generation after generation and culture too...😢
It very sad how we fight for our freedom and territory of integrity in the secret war in Laos but at the end we lost everything. The secret war have spill lots of family's blood especially when the CIA and Vang pao left more hmong family's behide. To take everything back was horrible like a nightmare in a dream. But we as hmong will one day have our freedom territory and integrity in a nation back by our new leaders generation. Thank you for sharing this films with to the world.
The Hmongs are the last ethnic group minority that started to migrate from Southern China to establish themselves in Laos only about 200 years ago and has currently a population of about 200 000 with a greater number living in China.
To finish off my previous commitment, we who were being recruited for the secret war in Laos, felt in late 1969 that the policy makers in Washington DC, didn't have the proper strategy to beat the Communist in Vietnam, or Laos, and with the growing anti-war movement growing in America, eventually America policy makers would sell out the non Communist Asians and pull out all America troops & support which would lead to a Communist victory. So we all came to the conclusion of what's the point of dying for a war the political leaders are unable, or just out don't want to win. God Bless the Non Communist people of SouthEast Asia.
As a Vietnam veteran, I observed the Hmong and was very disturbed how our country abandoned them. I was happy when I learned that some were coming to America to be resettled. Some were settled in North Carolina. When I was shopping in Charlotte I was waited on by a young lady with a Hmong name that I recognized from my study of their culture and the sacrifices that they made for our cause in Vietnam. Her grandfather had fought and helped us in Vietnam. I asked her to thank him for his help and how much I respected their culture. He had passed away that same year. All of her generation were doing very well and were well educated. She was a computer specialist. She was living out the American sucess story dream. We still are the land of the free and opportunity for all. Seeing her and talking with her gave me joy. Thank you for making this video.
Life changing in the good old USA for our Hmong now. My Childrens had their master's degree now and making a good living in Minnesota. But that how my father feels when the American pull out of Laos after the Vietnam War. Life America changes so much right now.
@minzo nakul Won't deny it, Hmong fought for 2 side during that war. 1 side fought for the US (general vang pao group), the other side fought for North Vietnam. Sadist part was that Hmong were fighting themselves...GVP group's lost and US abandoned them.
@@hmgl3oi69if you want Hmong to win… seed them with Islamic ideology. Shuffle foreign fighters amongst them. Problem solve
Nice to see someone from NC here
Thanks
Born and raised here, I know very little about the Secret war in Laos. I cried throughout the whole documentary. I lost my dad in 2017. He ran from the war and saw many things. He came to the United States in the early 1980s. I truly didnt understand what my dad was trying to tell me til now about how hard he fought to come here. For me this was a very emotional and informative documentary. Thank you for sharing the video.
So glad you were able to see the documentary. Thank you for your dad's service. So glad you are part of our great country. Your culture has contributed to our history...carry on now the freedom he fought to preserve then. Don Krom Veteran of Vietnam War.
My old man was side by side with my grandpa they fought with the American. My dad while family got ambush inside their home kuzz they have two wounded american soldier inside their home. Everyone die except my dad. He ran into the jungle by himself. He survive almost 2 weeks by himself with a gun wound to his arm. He ate grub and anything he can find. So proud of my pops and my grand parent. This should be taught in history in school so the new generation know who we Hmong is and what we did.
Thank you for sharing your story.
a story that needs to always be told.
@@pkying5360 its a story mentioned only on youtube not on national public television unless you search for it.
We, Hmong, suffered a great lost during this Secret War; However, The sad thing about it, this war won't known by the American public. Eventhough so many of us who made to US now have good life. Thanks god!......
I was a young boy in Wisconsin in the mid 70's and well remember the families that our churches sponsored and the stories from the refugees that made it to our small town. The Hmong were fierce allies against the north Vietnamese and many were mistreated for that allegiance. Not all have forgotten the sacrifice that your people made.
Ireland salutes your brave people. ✊ ☘️ 💞
We,Hmong, people are born fighters.
Just heard this for the 1st time, it should be in history books.
Thank you PBS, for contributing our race of all hmong minorities. Watching this shows makes me feel happy with kuv yawm who still alive with me to this day. 😊 Sad about about my yawm txiv who was a second lieutenant who served the war.😢
This really pisses me off, that our country used these people and then just left them to die!! The same as with the indenious tribes in S. Vietnam and the Kurds In Iraqi and now the Afghan's who helped us for 20 yrs. Have we ever honored our agreements with anybody or do we always just leave in the night.
thats america for you they dont care
And on and on it goes through Afganistan etc etc etc......
It's the American way happens in normal daily life time and time again,chic's use guys and guys use chic's for favors....😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Peter-rl4nc if we didn't care we wouldn't have sent thousands of our sons to their deaths, all the while knowing that we were simply prolonging the invetiable mass genocide of an entire region of the world. We are the most generous country in the history of earth in terms of Humanitarian Aid. Hell, we even pay for our enemies weapons at this point. I don't know what country you're from but you could do yourself a favor and come here with your loved ones. It's the safest place in the world in spite of what the mainstream media would lead you to believe. And even though I may disagree with your description of my countrymen I would welcome you here to see for yourself. No government including yours has hands free of blood and suffering.
So people have many big lessons that "dont join the US game!"
Thank you for so much sharing this! My Dad was a veteran of the Iu Mien army that fought along side the Hmong army in this war. 🙏 it breaks my heart seeing what's happening now!
Respect to the Hmongs and other ethnic groups who supported and abandoned by the USA.
Now the USA is repeating Vietnam all over again with the abandonment of the Afghans and Talibans come to take over.
@@bronzebuilder2115 Afghanistan is 100% happen now, 2021.
@@TheHmongcgi Those who fled Vietnam already know what's going to happen next. Talibans take over, mass migration of refugees, lots of new Afghans will move to borderline countries, others will fled the country such as usa esp the generals and loyal servants of the usa. Usa never learn from their past mistake. If you invade a country, dont expect it to ever end; you will be there forever or expect a bloody riot/civil war once you done pissing on them. It's easier to invade than to control.
@@bronzebuilder2115 Hear that yall Damn Democrats..!
I am Jamaican and I am moved by this documentary....a young lady who is apart of the hmong community introduced me to the hmong story
I've had the extreme privilege to be friends of a few of vang poa's grandsons. They helped me through a rough patch in my life after my parents passed. I will be forever in there debt....
Thank you so much for doing this documentary. We don’t have our own country nor a flag but America is now our country thanks to the brave men and women who fought in the secret war. Our history is American history.
Both of my Grandfathers served in the Hmong Special Guerilla Units. Captain Yong Dua Xiong & Chue Ya Vang. I am extremely proud to be Hmong. I'm grateful my grandfathers fought for life and liberty which gave us the opportunity to live in The Greatest Country, America. We cannot forget the sacrifices these brave men and women made for the freedom we have today. Additionally, I am serving as a United States Marine because of the positive influence my grandfathers instilled in me. We need to share this wonderful documentary to the world! Thank you.
Thank you for your grandfathers sacrifices to help the American efforts..I will never forget them..
@@MrDonkrom Sir, Thank you for your service.
Thank you for your service as a Marine. My adopted son just retired as a Master Gunny E-9. Best wishes and safety for you as you serve our country. Your grandfathers taught you well in the spirit of a warrior protecting our culture and people.
You're proud they served in a war of Imperialism, against a government fighting for Democracy?
America isn't a force for freedom. It's one of unending exploitation and oppression.
Massive respect to these people. I also never heard, read or was taught about the Hmong. I am ashamed of my ignorance. Thank you for this documentary.
PBS, always the best.
Here after Suni Lee won Olympic Gold for coveted all around female gymnast for Team USA. Blue skies. Eager to learn more about Hmong history.
Thanks for taking time to learn about us hmong
came to learn about hmong after suni lee....one thing more she is so preety
Suni Lee is not even Hmong! She is Lao, raised by a Hmong man.
@@hmoobshow2482 ohhh really? She claim she isn't Lao. Sad & pittyful. She claim she thai because thai has more popularity
She claims Thai but her and her family keep vacation and visiting Laos every new year.
Brings me to tears hearing that GVP took the Hmong people to America, when 10k people were left standing at the airfield not knowing that the last plane and GVP had already left. Families that ran for their lives through the jungles to survive and made it to the US, have no one to thank but their blessings.
Many are still there being hunted by the Laotian Army.
@@chrisbrent7487 Not Laotian Army, it's The "Communist Laotian Army".
we supported the Right-Wing Royalists.
Royal Lao Military Armed Forces surrendered and laid down their arms..until we decided to keep on fighting.
@Mike Tice only 2/10th of the population came to america. Everyone else died fighting, the ones left behind were citizens so fux you.
@@AsianAmericanGuy thank you. May vangchue bless your kind and uneducated soul my friend.
@@miketice3910 this, i have got to laugh about its a guarantee I'm smarter than your born and raised ars very well got more bread. At the end of the day I feel sorry for you and than you wonder why yo mama don't love you.
I’m in central California. We’re loaded with these people. I remember when they started migrating here after the war. Ive found them to be good people. Hard working, entrepreneurial, family oriented. 👍
My heart break watching this documentary knowing that my father was one of the Hmong young boy who was forced to join the military at the age of 11. All his brother die from the war and have lost so many love one.
Thank you for sharing your story.
Superb documentary, heartbreaking. These people were heroes.
Everytime I watched and reviewed my Hmong history I always have tears all on my face. I love my leaders, i love my people, and i my love my country. May God watches and bless our Hmong people in every countries. I feel like the American still own us a lot.
America owes a lot to the hmong we fought they're war, in the end they left us to die so fux you along with all the bullshiet going on today in america.
Watching this and knowing how our government has used people from certain countries to fight with us and then to just leave them to the enemy whenever we leave really makes me ashamed!!!! All these people helped us but we left em all to die, just like the S. Vietnamese tribes who helped us and the Kurds in Iraqi also.
now we're leaving our AFGHAN Interpreters to be killed by the Taliban, never trust America
And the afghanis! They just left them!
Afghans, and Shia Hazaras people are getting persecuted by the Taliban as we speak.
@@Go4Broke247 the Taliban are Afghans!
@@tonybarrios5045 not all Afghans are Talibans. What about the Interpreters, and their families? Are they Taliban too?
I feel so terrible I'm glad I know the story I knew how the South Vietnamese were so betrayed but I never heard of the Hmong people I admire them willing to fight for their freedom in Liberty that takes a very proud people and that's people that I admire the most but betraying people is never acceptable and I'm not proud that my country did that! I know it wasn't the soldiers on the ground but politicians but that's the way it always is the Hmong people and the soldiers that fall together they were brothers in arms and it's terrible that a politician just tells him just go home like nothing happened and leave the people to fend for themselves unacceptable so so sorry to hear of this but I'm glad the story is told!
Have you ever hear Viet Minh was betrayed also?
In ww2 CIA help building up Ho Chi Minh 's army ( Viet Minh) to fight agaist Japan
Ho Chi Minh had been in New York. He lear how Washington lead the American get freedom from English colony.
tuoitre.vn/dong-minh-oss-trong-cuoc-khang-nhat---ky-1-dat-nen-mong-dau-tien-216143.htm
Archimedes Patti ( CIA agent) is the first one was call to see the first independent of Vietnam
In 2-9-1945 some CIA stand side by side Ho Chi Minh when he speaking independent declare.(90% content same to the US independent declare) because Ho Chi Minh is nationalizm, he is big fan of Washington, A.Lincoln....etc
When the French colony back to Indochina he sent many letter to the US president to help VN get freedom, because he trust American is a big symbol of freedom.
Irony the US president chose supporting French colony
Only the USSR and China....support Vietnam
Can you watch more document to know why the US chose VN to be a nêw enemy.
" Why Vietnam" Achilles D' Patty
"Vietnam war " PBS television
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Join comunist is the way to get indepent. vietnamesse love peace and freedom as much as the American do. Focus on Nationalism instead of comunism.thanks from VN ❤️
Life changes
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Those who were left behind to fend for their life. They are the ones I have more respect for because they are the ones getting persecuted and hunted down. Watching this brings me so much tears and pain in my heart what they had to endure out in the cold and hungry. Wars brings nothing but more pains on both side.
@mrvang8077 yeah we just need to say no more war, because no none of us common people are the ones fighting the wars ever gain anything from any wars, it's always the ones at the top that don't fight themselves, that are doing the all the gaining of money. We should just refuse to fight. I'm done with war. I'm a Gulf War veteran but there's no way I would do anything but fight for my own life and the life of the people around me where I live.
Watching this documentary from the air strip at Long Cheng with a cold Lao beer makes it even more emotional. Thanks for this production 🙏
Thank u PBS for sharing our hmong story...the war is gone...but the scars" never left... But united... We stand among our heros" shoulders... The bars was never easy... The weight is also challenging...this little group...made history on the map...god bless America and her hmong Allies...
Growing up in America and knowing little about this secret war in Laos, we often take life for granted. Our ancestors, great grandparents, parents, uncles, cousins, friends fought in this war to pave the way for us to live free in America. We should appreciate them and thank them for their services and not take it for granted because they've all suffered for us. This is our Hmong people, thank you for the documentary. Every Hmong soldier has their own stories and I love listening and sympathize with every stories I hear.
Very powerful! Words and phrases can not describe the impact that the Vietnam war had on so many people of Lao. Let this wars politics be a lesson for any future wars that we consider with another country or currently within our own country. Thank you for such great content!
Friends' safe life and live together for life with respect each other.
To think about my grandparents and parents going through this just shows how strong they were and are, to be where we’re at today. I have a wife and 2 toddler boys. I can’t even imagine going through this chaos with my 2 little boys. 😔
Thank you for your grandfathers sacrifices to help the American efforts..I will never forget them.. Your culture has contributed to our culture...carry on now the freedom he fought to preserve then. Don Krom Veteran of Vietnam War.
@MrDonkrom as an American Hmong, thank you as well for your services.
My mom was a child in the midst of the war. Even then, she vividly remembers some atrocities. Glad we made it to Uncle Sam.
Thank you for sharing. I am a first gen Hmong American. It is a miracle I am alive and get to expirience what it is to be human. My parents and grandparents have gone through hell and back to carve out a life for themselves and their kin. It saddens me that this country is still in the shadows about our sacrifices and has barely acknowledged our sacrifices. I do hope Hmong people can continue healing and thriving.
This video was very well made and put together
While I was eating. I came across this documentary about Hmong and the secret war. I couldn't swallow my food because it hurts and chills straight to the button of my guts. That's because I am Hmong, and I love my people just like everyone else loves their own.
Yo I'm part of the 2nd generation of Hmong kids that was born in America and I'm glad people are talking about this
Thank you
Wait ur one to?
All the Hmong people now in America, France, Australia and other parts of the world should appreciated and thanks to these boys for their sacrifice for us to have a better life today
My dad is 69 and my uncle is 65. They both went to war for GVP with thier older brother and he was KIA. They tell me their stories all the time, and its amazing they lived to tell it. So many lives lost, they've seen so much death. After the war, they had to flee to Thailand for refuge and that alone is another war. I'm thankful for everyone who fought in this war, it brung my parents to the USA and I was born with this beautiful life.
Thank you so much for this video. I'm proud to be Hmong.
Outstanding presentation.
Thank you kindly!
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A big THANK YOU from France to show the world what happened to my people, to my Country. My parents and lots of my family, uncle ... escape Laos in 1979, when I was born, so I don't remember something, don't even have known of this, but They always used to tell us why we had to leave our land. To listen to people are interested in this history is really nice.
I care, Ireland 🇮🇪 👊 ☘️
This was a beautiful documentary
Respect to these people
Excellent documentary. The Hmong people suffered.
My father was one who spoke little about his experiences during his time serving as a child soldier. I don't know why he didn't share his thoughts with me... I'll never know.
My uncle was 16, and my dad was 13 when they were both drafted as foot soldiers who carried ammunition on foot to the secret sites throughout the jungle. My uncle stepped on a bomb on one of his mission, he became handicapped but he survived. Though they weren't legally honored as veterans and never receive veteran benefits, they are still gracious to this country. When my uncle died, we wrote a letter to the our local veteran rotary, they were kind to come and honor my uncle's death. I saw tears rolled down my Dad's face because his brother was finally honored for defending the Unites States. Reflecting back, it's so sad that none of this was even recognized in the school history books growing up. The United States is built on the backs of so many who were never acknowledged and were even left behind.
That’s my grandpa at the end saluting General Vang Pao. His name is Txooj Riam Tsab and I am very proud of him.
Wonderfully done...thanks to all involved making it.
Not everyone know what’s it like having bombs drop continuously. What it was like to flee your beloved country. How long the wait to arrive to a new country. And the pain buried deep inside that never seems to fade. Tens on thousand of soldiers killed. And hundreds of thousand innocent people slaughtered. It’s sad to know what we Hmong had to go through. But let this be a spark to grow together and become better for the future Hmong community.
Made me shed tears. I’m thankful for my parents.
Thank You, Thank You, THANK YOU for this story!!!
You are so welcome!
Powerful story that many never knew transpired. Immense struggle and suffering along the ultimate drive to survive and persevere.
In the end, geopolitics transgress all, while notions of truth and justice remain largely unattainable. Round and round it goes. Little that is learned, often quickly fades into the mist of historical interpretations.
Glad to have seen this. Makes you appreciate life, however difficult it might be. Take care folks.
I admire this documentary. It's a great video. Very well narrated. A very sad history for the Hmong people. Boys at age 11 had to go to war.
Thank you! For showing this presitation to everyone in the world who we are and what my grandparents been through.
How, when you’re Korean? 😂
@@austinvang2654 Im was just messing with you. Lol , have a great day….
Great documentary.....for all Hmong People, you have my simphaty..
My grandfather and father, both serve in this war because we had relatives already serving under VangPao. Their journey started in north Vietnam where they were born and raised unlike many Hmong of Laos.many Hmongs in the general vicinity didn’t have a choice to be neutral in this war.
I was born in Longcheng and move to Pakay shortly afterwards due to the constant bombardment of Longcheng. We unfortunately didn’t make the flight out of Laos. I was 5 yrs old when we had to walk through the jungle of Laos to get to the Mekong. We were captured by Laotians and my parents paid with almost everything they had so we can be set free to get to the Mekong.
Those that arrived first were at the military camp “Napong.” My youngest brother was born at the camp so she was about (8) month pregnant during our march to Freedom. All the Hmong were transferred to Banvinai Camp about (3) month afterwards.
Those who arrived at Banvinai first like us, had to stay in tents because the refugee houses were not finished being built. We live in sector 3, 3rd row of houses and the 3 house from the bottom.
I was only (5) but remember every part of the journey and hardship. That is what being traumatized will do to 5 yr old. My dad and grandpa would tell me their war stories and reaffirmed what I remember from Laos to Thailand. Many many Hmongs lost their lives trying to get to Thailand. But no matter how hard and horrible all of this was, being in America and being apart of this nation, reflecting on everything: it was worth the journey!
Wow! This is a wonderful documentary! I’m from Fresno. This is very relevant to our city, since we have such a huge Hmong and southeast Asian community, in general.
Thank you for this documentary.
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for this documentary, it is very moving and informative
Thank you for this incredible documentary.
Its sad but true. America 🇺🇸 will never admit that the Hmong have fought along side Americans. Maybe because its best to never share something that wasn’t suppose to exist.
However, American soldiers will never forget who they work with during the catastrophe. This is what makes soldiers different from the government.
Zoo heev, mloog mas khosiab, tusiab thiab kuamuag poob. Uatsaug mog.
Omg tears falling.. thank you for telling about our hmong history ❤
Fall of Long Cheng is still very fresh for many Hmong today. Even so now after the fall of Kabul. Prayers to those left behind.
Remember its the Radical Left-wing Democrat's did abandoned the allies. GOP are the good guys.
We have a propagandist here.
You can thank President Johnson and McNamara for this Horrible disaster. What a sad story
True, Democrats got us into the war. Then dragged their feet when the war was unwinnable.
And thank liar Nixon also
Thank H.Kissinger help the American win the Nobel peace award too
@@CNX625 history repeat with the fall of Afghanistan. Shame.
Thank you for uploading Hmong story..
So sad we will never forget it the good thing that our parents did it..
We will write our peoples story and history into Legacy. Thank you.
The fact that the Hmong were fighting against each other on both sides was what made this war even more tragic.
Still baffle me that we're not in the history book nor learning this in history class.
much respected our hero, without all of you i won't be here. Thanks to all my hero
I'm sorry our American government is so callous. I have Much Love and Respect for your people.
I cry every time I watch this. Doesn't matter if it's the 5th of 20th time.
I’ve heard all the stories from my father in law. GVP is my uncle, he was a very nice man. Accepting to me as an American woman that married into the family. One thing I need to know is this. “When my FIL passes away, shouldn’t he be buried where he deserves as he was a fighter, next to GVP?” Obviously this isn’t a secret any longer..
Every time I come back to see this video, it hurts. 😢
Great documentary! Our families/ancestors made many sacrifices and paved a way to be where we are today. And this documentary should be a reminder as to how we don’t realize how good of a life we have it now compared to the past. Appreciate and love all. I am forever grateful and proud to be born Hmong.
I use this to teach my high school class about Hmong History. This is, by far, my favorite documentary. Thank you❤
Great presentation. It’s common sense that GVP was requesting for more bigger weapons because he was doing it for his men - to protect them.
No GVP was smuggling opium out of Long Cheng
Wish i have herd the stories from my dad and grandpa durning the war, they past away to early and too young to know any better to ask them, this documentary was sad and rejoice at the same time thanks
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Thank You ALL and being the voice for those who cry for freedom, justice and to tell the story that many don't know, that even the spirits wants to tell and why ... Hmong is here.
Thank you for the tribute. And thank you, my people, for the sacrifice, so that I can live a life of peace in America. My tears fall for you.
The hmong casualties was so high that 10% of their population was decimated 35,000 dead out of their population of only 350,000
Imagine 10% of the United state population that would be 35 million people . The hmong didn't know that they weren't just fighting pathet laos troops but was fighting one of the best north vietnamese division they didn't know what they went up against.. the hmong stalled and intercepted troops and supplied that was suppose to go to South vietnam through laos . Everyone hmong that died is another American soldier that get to live .. sometime 100 hmong soldier would go rescued 1 down US pilot shot down and 7 8 9 of them would of died just to save 1 American pilot
Long live Jerry's name in the Hmong community. Because Jerry is one of those Americans who were sent to Laos and learned to love the Hmong people and do really care for the Hmong unconditionally. Heaven will bring faith to those who are responsible for his suspicious death.
Yah, but he’s also responsible for Hmong destruction. He’s part of the cause. Then tried to mitigate it only.
@pheejl7534 Jerry didn't do nothing he was following order from the u.s govt
Tu siab heev os Hmoob
Thank You very much to our Hmong Great and Brave leaders, and a very Special Thanks to our Hmong Heart Love General Vang Pao and any Hmong soldiers who had sacrificed their lifes to protect the Hmong peoples, the US CIA and any citizens in Laos. This Secret War was significantly a commitment and cooperation between the Hmong and the United States fight in the battles against the North Vietnamese soldiers which to protect American pilots who were shot down by the North Vietnamese soldiers and to protect Laos from falling to Communism. This war will never be forgotten by the Hmong peoples and the US CIA in their History forever.
I am Hmong, I am very sad just like anyone of you. We are in the land of opportunity now. I have dreams that one day we can bring peace amounts our people and live life as one. Teach your children well and help them to achieve High Education. They will United and we will Stand as one.
I felt so guilty that in the past in Laos our parents fought a war wasn't our own country. We fought a war that wasn't belong to us. We fought a war that didn't cause by us. We fought a war that belong to somebody else. We fought a war that caused by somebody else. We fought a war that the world or U.N. didn't recognize. We didn't get the credit we deserved (we didn't show on the American History Book like Vietnam) because we didn't know the mission that somebody else just wanted to used us as dog hunter. After 1975 our beloved left behind got genocide without care and helped. We should let the Indochina War to the Laos, Viet, and US who caused the war to handle, not us. We should stay aside and watch them fight because we're almost an endanger ethnic minority. However, it was a good lesson for us to learn from our past mistake and never be somebody else dog hunter again.
very brief lesson
You know it like Hmong people born in USA joining the military to fight for their country just like Hmong people born in loas to fight for their country
Vang Pao was a war monger, he was eager to fight, he didn't think about the consequence and aftermath, especially for his people. He didn't think, it's a war Hmong people didn't need to get involved.
@@zzzthaoster
You need to learn more Hmong history buddy.
let's be real here even if the Hmong had try to avoid the war, reality was that it was unavoidable.
The Communist was marching to the capital of Laos to over throw the Royal Lao Government.
The territories that the Communist had to pass by was to pass directly through the heavily populated Hmong in region 2.
What many young Hmong generation today don't know is that the Hmong have been fighting against the Communist along side the French in that region 2 since 1949.
With that reason that's why it was unavoidable when the Communist came. This document literally said it too.
Did you think the Communist would of just came by and not retaliate against them for fighting along side the French in the past?
Their was a reason why right after the French left Laos in 1954 these Hmong immediately turn to the Royal Lao Government for help because the the Royal Lao Government was strongly against the Communist too.
Why did these Hmong supported the French during the 1950s against the Communist you may ask.
Because they already had a bound between the two side of the Hmong and Fench as close allies in Laos since the 1940s.
You ask why because during ww2 the Japanese invaded Laos and force tens of thousands of Hmong into force labor camps to built the train track connecting Vietnam through Laos to Thailand.
Many old old Hmong folks story tells these stories all the time.
Of the brutal time when the Japanese came to force them into hard labor camps and many Hmong had to fled to the mountains to escape the Japanese brutality.
Many Hmong during this time join with the French resistance and fought against the Japanese throught out Northern Laos.
This was also Vang Pao early stage military career fighting in war.
But during the 1920s the Hmong and the French was fighting each other over heavily taxation.
So these Hmong have been fighting against the Communist years before the C.I.A ever made contact with them.
When the C.I.A contacted Vang Pao they were literally fighting against the Communist and holding them off at PaDong.
Also reality their were Hmong fighting on all sides of the war.
In Vietnam the Vietnamese estimated over 120,000 Hmong were drafted by Ho Chi Minh and many were sent to fight in South Vietnam and sent to fight against Vang Pao SGU in Laos.
While a unknown amount of Hmong in Laos that fought under FayDang LoBliaYo with the Pathet Lao.
They were the opposition that fought against Vang Pao S.G.U.
These Hmong after the war were giving mayor's position and they live freely today in Laos with little problem with the Current Laos Communist government.
FayDang LoBliaYo during the 1980s try desperately to end the fighting against Hmong ChaoFa and desperately try to talk his Communist government to come to a peaceful treaty with The Hmong Chao Fa. But all that did was got him executed by his own Communist government as a traitor.
Then their was the conflict in Thailand that many Hmong in America rarely knows about nor talks about.
Thailand estimated over 240,000 fought under Blia Ya Xiong with the Communist Party of Thailand or CPT.
Also the reason why it was so important for Thailand to not have Vang Pao Hmong that were fleeing to Thailand from getting mix up with the Hmong in Thailand.
Thailand also recruited some Hmong SGU refugees to go fight against the Hmong CPT in Northern Thailand for Thai citizenship.
One Hmong famous SGU that took the offer was Pa Kao Her.
The famous Chao Fa head General that would lead the Chao Fa to multiple deadly large scale fighting in Laos during the 1990s.
These Hmong C.P.T in Thailand were defeated during the 1980s against the Thai Government and many fled to China with a few fled to Laos.
Is kinda find funny because many Hmong under Vang Pao fled to Thailand to escape Communist.
While some Hmong in Thailand fled to Laos to find safely under the Communist in Laos.
The Hmong-Thai CPT General Blia Ya Xiong also fled to Laos but was assassinated in 1992.
Many believe he was assassinated by Hmong Chao Fa.
All of this hint the Hmong kill Hmong issue....
@@hmong_keeb_kwm Thanks for sharing those historical events. I didn't have full knowledge about it. My problem with that secret war was the CIA and Vang Pao didn't have any back up plans for the Hmongs should they lose the war. All the horrible atrocities the Hmongs suffered after losing the war, including those still being hunted in the jungle of Laos are the consequences the Hmongs getting involved in war.
After watching this I am reminded the very same thing is occurring in Afghanistan.
This is what it means when people say "if you don't learn or know history, it will repeat itself."
Afganistan 2021 withdraw have similar disaster similar to the Hmong..
I agree.. just like us in May 14. 1975.
Literally, what I said to my wife as I watched the withdrawal from Afghanistan. I said to her that this is what happened to my ppl.
The Hmong are wonderful, freedom loving people whose only desire in life has been to live in peace, working the land of their ancestors with their families. It's something so dear to them that they're willing to die, going to war against powers much larger and more powerful than them. If that doesn't stir feelings somewhere deep in the souls of we Americans, feelings of a familiar, even intimate type, then shame on us. It may not have been communism that we went to war over a few hundred years ago, but it was with the same willingness to give up our lives before giving up our inalienable rights. The United States government betrayed not only the Hmong; it betrayed itself by turning its back on its own founding principals.
They were brainwashed to struggle an still lose American did this to them
I'm blessed to live in St. Paul, where there is a vibrant hmong culture. Every day, my life is made better because of these incredible people.
Hmong: This documentary showed Agony in the past, Educational in the present, High hope in the future.
Brave brave and sincere people. We dun them wrong.
13:10 hits hard for real, my dad was in this war running away from the communist, while my grandpa served with General Vang, he has mad PTSD and will sometime break and cry
Super good video!! I get to learn a lot about this
Who made last song in video mate, so good. Make me feel like im in the war!
The untold story of the CIA secret war. The timeline documentary is a must-watch it came out years before pbs did this. I recommend watching it as well.
SUPER NICE, Thank you for this documentary!
This was so good
Wow the contrasts between this and Afghanistan
I was so proud of the Hmong people are very hard working, Intelligent and I was happy to help them out as Air Support and resettlement in many year back in 1964-1975.
All of these are my lovely friends, Pop Buel and others are no longer with us, but our love always be with them. May God Bless you all...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024-25 in the America..🥰😪✍🙏, Thank you All your SERVED. and I only cries when I saw the young nurses helping the soldiers.
i think it would be a good idea to translate this documentary in french for hmong who live in France... bc in France there is no documentary like this and many youngs don t know our history, language is disappear generation after generation and culture too...😢
It very sad how we fight for our freedom and territory of integrity in the secret war in Laos but at the end we lost everything. The secret war have spill lots of family's blood especially when the CIA and Vang pao left more hmong family's behide. To take everything back was horrible like a nightmare in a dream. But we as hmong will one day have our freedom territory and integrity in a nation back by our new leaders generation. Thank you for sharing this films with to the world.
Thank you Jerry my friend
The Hmongs are the last ethnic group minority that started to migrate from Southern China to establish themselves in Laos only about 200 years ago and has currently a population of about 200 000 with a greater number living in China.
To finish off my previous commitment, we who were being recruited for the secret war in Laos, felt in late 1969 that the policy makers in Washington DC, didn't have the proper strategy to beat the Communist in Vietnam, or Laos, and with the growing anti-war movement growing in America, eventually America policy makers would sell out the non Communist Asians and pull out all America troops & support which would lead to a Communist victory. So we all came to the conclusion of what's the point of dying for a war the political leaders are unable, or just out don't want to win. God Bless the Non Communist people of SouthEast Asia.