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Interview With B. Hugh Tovar, Paul Hillmer
Interview With B. Hugh Tovar, Paul Hillmer
Hmong Oral History Project
Bernardo Hugh Tovar was born on December 27, 1922 in Bogota, Columbia. His father was Columbian and his mother Irish. His family moved to Chicago in 1924, but his family frequently visited Columbia in his early youth. As a result he grew up bilingual. He attended Portsmouth Priory School in Rhode Island (1941), before attending Harvard, where he also learned French. His ROTC class was called to active duty in June 1943, though he was awarded a degree in 1944 because he passed his comprehensive exams. He graduated as a second lieutenant. After various assignments and training in Infantry, Artillery …
Interview With Vint Lawrence, Paul Hillmer
Interview With Vint Lawrence, Paul Hillmer
Interviews
Born in New York City to what he describes as “a very privileged childhood…in every possible way,” J. Vinton (“Vint”) Lawrence attended Phillips Exeter Academy and Princeton University. Recruited by the CIA, he was sent to Laos in the very early days of “Operation Momentum,” the campaign to train and arm the Hmong to fight against Communist forces. Arriving in Laos in February 1962, Lawrence was sized up by Bill Lair, worked under Lair’s lieutenant Pat Landry to train some of the first groups of Hmong soldiers, and ultimately became one of only two CIA operatives (along with the infamous …
Vint Lawrence Interview, Michael Reed
Interview No. 702, Martha Lou Broaddus, Mohrhauser J. Broaddus
Interview No. 702, Martha Lou Broaddus, Mohrhauser J. Broaddus
Combined Interviews
Recollections of professors, sororities and fraternities, pranks, dress codes, going to Juarez, and other campus activities.
Interview No. 509, The Cia's Secret Army
Interview No. 509, The Cia's Secret Army
Combined Interviews
Audio portion of CBS-TV Special Report on CIA-sponsored Cuban exiles who have fought against Castro. Host: Bill Moyers.