Jan-Maat’s Reviews > Tragic Mountains: The Hmong, the Americans, and the Secret Wars for Laos, 1942-1992 > Status Update
Jan-Maat
is on page 152 of 584
"an A-1E pilot strafed & bombed the site to keep the NVA from overrunning the command post to which the defenders had retreated until the weather improved for for air strikes. It was so reminiscent of a movie in which the US cavalry rescues the besieged fort at the last moment that thereafter Na Khang became known as 'the Alamo'"
- iirc the Alamo is the one where the defenders were all killed
— Nov 23, 2016 11:16AM
- iirc the Alamo is the one where the defenders were all killed
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Jan-Maat
is on page 366 of 584
"General Vang Pao...whom the Americans counted on for so many years, was suddenly persona non grata in Thailand, an embarrassment for the CIA, & in general a huge problem for the U.S. What would happen to his large family, including his many children & his 5 wives? Which country would take a man with multiple wives? The U.S? No, certainly not. France? Maybe."
— Nov 24, 2016 08:45AM
Jan-Maat
is on page 78 of 584
"On August 9th, 1960, US supported Captain Kong Le, with his recently 'lost' second paratrooper battalion, overthrew the American backed Lao government, installed only a few months earlier. Kong Le insisted that corruption had inspired him to take this bold act"
whether his own or of the government the text does not say
— Nov 23, 2016 04:37AM
whether his own or of the government the text does not say
