A new initiative is aimed at raising awareness about a dark and often forgotten chapter of U.S. history: the secret bombing of Laos during the Vietnam War. Nearly half a century later, most ...

During the height of the Vietnam War, the U.S. conducted another war in secret in Laos, on Vietnam's western border, in an attempt to destroy communist supply lines.More bombs were dropped on Laos ...

As Hmong Americans mark the 50th anniversary of their arrival in the U.S. this year, the role of Hmong women, who were ...

But for every man they lost during the "secret war" in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam, SOG commandos killed an average of 158 enemy soldiers. Today, SOG's 158:1 kill ratio remains the highest of ...

The war is quickly fading from memory, in both America and Laos. But half a century later, the weavings offer a haunting glimpse of how it affected women. Monday marks 50 years since the U.S ...

LONG TIENG, LAOS – We met in the Laotian capital of Vientiane, not far from the spot on the Mekong River where the Xiong family fled to Thailand one night in May 1975. At the time of their ...

CHICO >> Chuck Sheley spent two weeks in January in what is known as “The Most Secret Place on Earth.” “If you ask 1,000 people today if they know what that is, one might know,” said Sheley.

CHICO >> Chuck Sheley spent two weeks in January in what is known as “The Most Secret Place on Earth.” “If you ask 1,000 people today if they know what that is, one might know,” said Sheley.

A CIA military base was their home during the ‘Secret War’ in Laos. Now Hmong Americans can finally see it again. Long Tieng once housed one of the busiest air hubs in the world in the 1960s, ...