Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apr. 12—SUPERIOR — The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center is commemorating Hmong Heritage Month in Wisconsin with an ...

Minnesota is on its way to officially recognizing the service of Hmong and Lao veterans who fought alongside the U.S. during the Secret War Lee Pao Xiong, a professor from the Center for Hmong Studies ...

The war in Laos (1961-1975) brought the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Hmong together as allies when the agency engaged the Hmong to fight the North Vietnamese and the Communist Pathet Lao.

Tony Yang watched the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 as if it were a flashback. Nearly 50 years earlier, after helping the Americans in another war, it was him and his father who were ...

Minnesota is on the verge of becoming the first state to recognize as veterans the Hmong and Lao soldiers who fought in the CIA's Secret War. The so-called "Special Guerrilla Units" worked alongside ...

The conflict that raged in Southeast Asia a generation ago is called the Vietnam War, but for veterans like Chong Moua Lee, it was something else. As a Hmong, the freedom-loving hill people of Laos, ...

MADISON, Wis. (WSAW) - The flags of the United States and the state of Wisconsin will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday, May 14, in honor of Hmong-Lao Veterans Day. Gov. Tony Evers signed an ...

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 ...

Veterans Freedom Park on French Island will be getting a makeover at 11 a.m. Saturday when it adds its fourth statue and memorial to honor Hmong soldiers who fought for freedom during the Vietnam War.

NEILLSVILLE, Wis. (WSAW) - The Highground Veterans Memorial Park in Neillsville is a space that honors veterans year-round. A Hmong-Lao Veterans Day ceremony is on their calendar every year. People at ...

MANITOWOC – The Hmong refugee story will be the focus of the Hmong Cultural Symposium at the Manitowoc Public Library. The event, “A Hmong Cultural Symposium: An Exploration of Hmong-American Identity ...

(Reuters) - Thailand was forced on Tuesday to halt the deportation to Laos of 153 Hmong, the ethnic minority who fought alongside America in the Vietnam War, after the men in the group put up a ...