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Released
2017 · FILM

The Hmong and the Secret War

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Runtime
54 min
Documentary

Synopsis

In 1961, four years before the Vietnam War, the CIA funded a Secret War in Laos. The Hmong became CIA's surrogate army, fighting and preventing Communism from consuming the country of Laos. Watch as questions about the Secret War in Laos during the Vietnam War and the circumstances that brought the Hmong to America are explored. —PBS

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Principal cast & crew: 9

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Edited by Maija HerShot by Jason ChaScored by Ko Yang

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