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GENERAL VANG PAO IS FATHER TO ALL WORLDWIDE HMONG

   Laos 1950-1975

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VANG PAO

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ABRAMOWITZ MORTON I

ADERHOLT HARRY C (HEINIE)

AGENCY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AIR AMERICA

AIR COMMANDO ASSOCIATION

AKINS JOHN

ALMY DEAN J JR

ANGLETON JAMES JESUS

ARCE GOMEZ LUIS (LUCHO)

ARMITAGE RICHARD L

ARNOLD DANIEL CLAY

ASHWORTH TOM

AUBERLIN IRENE M

BACON GEORGE W III

BARNES SCOTT TRACY

BATH J D

BERNARD CARL (COL)

BIRD AIR

BLAUFARB DOUGLAS S

BODE WILLIAM R

BRACE ERNEST C

BRANFMAN FRED

BRIAN EARL W

BRIGGON BARRY FRANCIS

BRONGERSMA ROBERT L (DUTCH)

BROOKS WILLIAM

BROWN ROBERT KENNETH

BUELL EDGAR M (POP)

BUFKIN DAVID FLOYD

BUNDY WILLIAM PUTNAM

BURNHAM FORBES S

CANADA CIA IN

CARLSEN WILLIAM

CHAMBERLAIN DONALD F

CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ALLIANCE

CHRISTIC INSTITUTE

CLINES THOMAS G

DANIELS JERRY BARKER

DEVLIN LAWRENCE RAYMOND

DORNAN ROBERT K (R-CA)

EILAND MICHAEL

FAR EAST IMPORTS

FITZGERALD DESMOND

FLIPSE JOSEPH

GODLEY GEORGE MCMURTRIE

GREGG DONALD P

GRITZ JAMES G (BO)

HAKIM ALBERT

HAND MICHAEL JON

HELLIWELL PAUL LIONEL EDWARD

HOLLAND ANN

INMAN BOBBY RAY

INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICES

JANTZEN ROBERT JOHN

JONES DAVID C (GEN)

KOPPEL TED

KY NGUYEN CAO

LAIR BILL (JAMES WILLIAM)

LANSDALE EDWARD GEARY

LAOS CIA IN

LAWRENCE VINT (JAMES VINTON)

MCCOLL ALEXANDER M.S.

MCCOY ALFRED WILLIAM

MCGEHEE RALPH W

METHVEN STUART E

MORALES DAVID SANCHEZ

MULLIN STAN

NHU NGO DINH

NORTH OLIVER L

NUGAN HAND BANK

OPERATION 40

OPERATION PHOENIX

OUANE RATTIKONE

OWEN DWIGHT

PFEIFFER E.W. (BERT)

PHOUMI NOSAVAN

POSHEPNY ANTHONY

PRATT MARK

RICKENBACH RON

ROBERTS GEORGE B JR

SEA SUPPLY CORPORATION

SECORD RICHARD V

SHACKLEY THEODORE GEORGE

SHEEHAN DANIEL P

SIMONS ARTHUR D (BULL)

SINGLAUB JOHN K

SOLDIER FORTUNE MAGAZINE

SOPSAISANA CHAO

SOUVANNA PHOUMA

SULLIVAN WILLIAM HEALY

SYMINGTON STUART W (D-MO)

TASHKENT ASSOCIATES

TOUBY LYFOUNG

TRAFFICANTE SANTO JR

VON MARBOD ERICH FRITZ

WILSON EDWIN PAUL

WORLD MEDICAL RELIEF

XIENG KHOUANG AIR TRANSPORT

YOUNG WILLIAM (BILLY)



 

VANG PAO

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   LAOS CIA IN 30    BUELL EDGAR M (POP) 26    SHACKLEY THEODORE GEORGE 24    AIR AMERICA 23    CLINES THOMAS G 21    BARNES SCOTT TRACY 15    POSHEPNY ANTHONY 13    SECORD RICHARD V 13    DANIELS JERRY BARKER 12    LAWRENCE VINT (JAMES VINTON) 12    WILSON EDWIN PAUL 12    DORNAN ROBERT K (R-CA) 10    GRITZ JAMES G (BO) 9    ARMITAGE RICHARD L 8    OUANE RATTIKONE 8    ADERHOLT HARRY C (HEINIE) 7    ARNOLD DANIEL CLAY 7    PHOUMI NOSAVAN 7    SULLIVAN WILLIAM HEALY 7    TRAFFICANTE SANTO JR 7    AGENCY INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 6    LAIR BILL (JAMES WILLIAM) 6    NUGAN HAND BANK 6    SHEEHAN DANIEL P 6    SINGLAUB JOHN K 6    YOUNG WILLIAM (BILLY) 6    METHVEN STUART E 5    TOUBY LYFOUNG 5    KOPPEL TED 4    SOLDIER FORTUNE MAGAZINE 4    BLAUFARB DOUGLAS S 3    EILAND MICHAEL 3    FLIPSE JOSEPH 3    GODLEY GEORGE MCMURTRIE 3    INMAN BOBBY RAY 3    LANSDALE EDWARD GEARY 3    MCCOY ALFRED WILLIAM 3    MCGEHEE RALPH W 3    MULLIN STAN 3    NORTH OLIVER L 3    OPERATION PHOENIX 3    SIMONS ARTHUR D (BULL) 3    SOUVANNA PHOUMA 3    SYMINGTON STUART W (D-MO) 3    VON MARBOD ERICH FRITZ 3    XIENG KHOUANG AIR TRANSPORT 3    ABRAMOWITZ MORTON I 2    ASHWORTH TOM 2    BERNARD CARL (COL) 2    BROWN ROBERT KENNETH 2    CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ALLIANCE 2    CHRISTIC INSTITUTE 2    DEVLIN LAWRENCE RAYMOND 2    FAR EAST IMPORTS 2    FITZGERALD DESMOND 2    GREGG DONALD P 2    HAKIM ALBERT 2    HAND MICHAEL JON 2    HELLIWELL PAUL LIONEL EDWARD 2    HOLLAND ANN 2    INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTARY SERVICES 2    JANTZEN ROBERT JOHN 2    JONES DAVID C (GEN) 2    KY NGUYEN CAO 2    MCCOLL ALEXANDER M.S. 2    MORALES DAVID SANCHEZ 2    NHU NGO DINH 2    OPERATION 40 2    OWEN DWIGHT 2    PFEIFFER E.W. (BERT) 2    PRATT MARK 2    RICKENBACH RON 2    ROBERTS GEORGE B JR 2    SEA SUPPLY CORPORATION 2    SOPSAISANA CHAO 2    TASHKENT ASSOCIATES 2    WORLD MEDICAL RELIEF 2    AIR COMMANDO ASSOCIATION 1    AKINS JOHN 1    ALMY DEAN J JR 1    ANGLETON JAMES JESUS 1    ARCE GOMEZ LUIS (LUCHO) 1 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THE AIR EVACUATION OF LIMA SITE 20A - LONG TIENG, LAOS

MAY 1975

Although my pages have been dedicated for the most part to the CAT and Air America crews, operations and maintenance personnel and their families, there were many other agencies that played major roles in the effort in Southeast Asia and especially within the country of Laos. .

The photographs shown on this page, taken May 12th and May 13th 1975, are from a collection gathered by Les Strouse, a long time and very dear friend, whose service in Southeast Asia spanned over 40 years.  Now retired in Thailand, Les was first introduced to Southeast Asia while on active duty with the Air Force as an Air Commando.  He joined Air America as a fixed wing pilot and later went on to fly for Continental Air Services (CASI).  Les was one of the last civilian pilots to leave Laos. These photos capture a lot of the details of those final days that he and the others spent involved with refugee evacuations.

The photos were taken at LS20A, also known as Long Tieng, the headquarters of the infamous General Vang Pao.  The landing strip has been described by most who know it as one of the most treacherous in Laos.  Skyline ridge on one side, mountains on the other and a large karst at the end of the runway made the valley a difficult target to navigate in and out of even under the best of conditions for anything larger than a Pilatus Porter or other STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft.  And although larger aircraft made the trips in daily for years it was routine for them to go in loaded and come out empty since a heavy load made clearing the gap on take off even more hazardous.

As Les said when he sent the photos, the C-46s into LS20A were routine but when they ran the numbers in the book during the evacuations they came up with a maximum passenger load of 35 refugees and their meager belongings.  As he put it, "If an engine so much as farted there was a good possibility we would not clear the gap."  Overcast skies helped to keep the  temperatures down but they still had to contend with high humidity which seriously hampered aircraft performance.

For the first couple of days the evacuation was orderly and the refugees were sorted into groups, ready for loading, before the planes landed.  After that the crowd control was lost .  On his last flight out of Long Tieng his C-46 was mobbed and the crowds attempted to throw the kicker (loadmaster) out of the plane when he attempted to stop the crowds.  The flight was carrying over 60 passengers! 

THE AIR EVACUATION OF LIMA SITE 20A - LONG TIENG, LAOS

MAY 1975

Although my pages have been dedicated for the most part to the CAT and Air America crews, operations and maintenance personnel and their families, there were many other agencies that played major roles in the effort in Southeast Asia and especially within the country of Laos. .

The photographs shown on this page, taken May 12th and May 13th 1975, are from a collection gathered by Les Strouse, a long time and very dear friend, whose service in Southeast Asia spanned over 40 years.  Now retired in Thailand, Les was first introduced to Southeast Asia while on active duty with the Air Force as an Air Commando.  He joined Air America as a fixed wing pilot and later went on to fly for Continental Air Services (CASI).  Les was one of the last civilian pilots to leave Laos. These photos capture a lot of the details of those final days that he and the others spent involved with refugee evacuations.

The photos were taken at LS20A, also known as Long Tieng, the headquarters of the infamous General Vang Pao.  The landing strip has been described by most who know it as one of the most treacherous in Laos.  Skyline ridge on one side, mountains on the other and a large karst at the end of the runway made the valley a difficult target to navigate in and out of even under the best of conditions for anything larger than a Pilatus Porter or other STOL (short take off and landing) aircraft.  And although larger aircraft made the trips in daily for years it was routine for them to go in loaded and come out empty since a heavy load made clearing the gap on take off even more hazardous.

As Les said when he sent the photos, the C-46s into LS20A were routine but when they ran the numbers in the book during the evacuations they came up with a maximum passenger load of 35 refugees and their meager belongings.  As he put it, "If an engine so much as farted there was a good possibility we would not clear the gap."  Overcast skies helped to keep the  temperatures down but they still had to contend with high humidity which seriously hampered aircraft performance.

For the first couple of days the evacuation was orderly and the refugees were sorted into groups, ready for loading, before the planes landed.  After that the crowd control was lost .  On his last flight out of Long Tieng his C-46 was mobbed and the crowds attempted to throw the kicker (loadmaster) out of the plane when he attempted to stop the crowds.  The flight was carrying over 60 passengers!