General VANG PAO

GENERAL VANG PAO (OVERVEIW)

• He was born DECEMBER 8, 1929,  Xiangkhouang 
• He was a Hmong Leader by bring Hmong to USA
• He join CIA when he was age 13 
• He died  JANUARY 6, 2011, aged 81 Clovis, California, U.S.

GENERAL VANG PAO (POSITIVE)

• General Vang Pao was a Great Leader to our Hmong
• 1961, Vang Pao handup with Colonel Bill Lair, to fight communists.
• May 1975,  General Vang Pao was evacuated by air to Thailand,
• 1975, Hmong attempt to escape Laos crossing the Mekong River to Thailand.
• He help the Hmong to America

GENERAL VANG PAO( NEGATIVE )

• Vang Pao created a secret arm force against Communists
• He help the Hmong to pass the Mekong River into Thailand  
• He only brought half of the Hmong to America 
• Hmong babies died when their parents used opium to quiet them 
• They did this because of running to Thailand for freedom 

-- Lee, Txong Pao, and Mark Edward Pfeifer. Building Bridges, Teaching about the Hmong in Our Communities. Hmong Cultural and Resource Center, 2006.
-- Pao, General Vang. Against All Odds: The Laotian Freedom Fighters. Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 1987.