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Interview With Phoumee Xiong, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Phoumee Xiong discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Interview With Pa Sher Yang, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Pa Sher Yang discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s as well as refugee resettlement in Thailand and the United States.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang; translated and transcribed by Mai Vang.

Interview With Wang Her, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Wang Her discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Interview With Pang Her Vang, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Pang Her Vang discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

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 Carol Mills, Tom Ward, & Paul White, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

Paul White, Carol Mills, and Tom Ward were all USAID staff in Laos during the Secret War, and all worked closely with Edgar “Pop” Buell. In this interview each of them shares the details of how they came to work in Laos, what responsibilities they had, and their impression of Buell. They describe their own responsibilities, the various aspects of the USAID program (education, health, refugee services), different individuals involved in the operation, and the program’s eventual evacuation from Sam Thong and relocation to Ban Xoun.

Interview With Mac Thompson, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

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Interview With Steve Schofield, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

Born and raised in Chicago, Steve Schofield majored in physical education and wrestled on scholarship at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. On the basis of his college study in zoology, when he joined US Special Forces in 1966 he was assigned to train as a medic. He served in the 1st Special Forces Group in Okinawa, then in Vietnam with the Studies and Observations Group (SOG). In 1968, as a sergeant with SOG, Schofield was one of 14 US Special Forces personnel transported 13 miles into Laos with a company of ethnic Chinese and Cambodian soldiers. Two SF and several …

Interview With Colonel Gao Moua, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Colonel Gao Moua discussing his experiences as a Hmong soldier working with General Vang Pao during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Interview With Poj Noj Her, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Poj Noj Her discussing Hmong culture and experiences with Hmong refugee resettlement and being the wife of a Hmong soldier who was also a prisoner of war.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Interview With Long Yang, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Long Yang discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s as well as refugee resettlement in Thailand and the United States.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang; translated and transcribed by Mai Vang.

Interview With Noj Her, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Noj Her discussing his experiences as a Hmong soldier and prisoner of war during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s as well as refugee resettlement in Thailand and the United States.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Interview With Nhia Lor Vang, Peter Chou Vang

Hmong Oral History Project

Interview with Nhia Lor Vang discussing his experiences during the "Secret War" in Laos in the mid-1960s to early 1970s as well as refugee resettlement in Thailand and the United States.

Interview conducted by student interviewer, Peter Chou Vang.

Dave Kouba (With Jack Knotts), May 12-14, 1975

Hmong Oral History Project

Transcription of tapes recorded May 12-14, 1975, by Dave Kouba documenting the evacuation of General Vang Pao and the Hmong from Laos to Thailand.