North Vietnamese organization
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Vietnamcountry · 10Laoscountry · 8Hmong peopleorganization · 7Battle of Site 85event · 7CIAintelligence service · 5U.S. Air Forceorganization · 5Vang Paoperson · 5Site 85operation · 3Ted Shackleyperson · 3Lawrence Devlinperson · 3Lima Sitesplace · 3United Statescountry · 3Hanoiplace · 3Air Americaorganization · 2Richard Helmsperson · 2Soviet Unioncountry · 2Mountaintopplace · 2Bill Lairperson · 2General Langleyperson · 2Thailandcountry · 2Long Tiengplace · 2Ho Chi Minh Trailplace · 2Plain of Jarsplace · 2Communistsperson · 2
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“Forces regained critical positions on the Plain of Jars before the rainy season ended in November. The retreating Peot and Lao and the North Vietnamese troops were repeatedly ambushed by the Hmong. Operation Triangle set the pattern for the…”
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“The North Vietnamese made a concerted effort to knock out this installation. In one of the few recorded instances of North Vietnamese bombing, in January 1968, two Soviet-built transports modified to carry bombs were actually shot down atte…”
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up in the Plain of Jars with the Hmong people. And we were all told, at least I was, and that was my area of expertise when I went to Air War College, that they basically were going up there and then flying in and working on attacking the N…
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Forces regained critical positions on the Plain of Jars before the rainy season ended in November. The retreating Peot and Lao and the North Vietnamese troops were repeatedly ambushed by the Hmong. Operation Triangle set the pattern for the…
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The ones that we were supporting was participating in attacks that would first be sent to Thailand for special training to circumvent the Geneva prohibitions from us training people in Laos. You know, we just lie about all of it. For the fi…
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North Vietnam anti-aircraft fire against the planes led to the first bombing, so-called protective reaction strikes by aircraft accompanying the reconnaissance planes. Even with this support, the results were awful. In June 1965, Ambassador…
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parts of the Ho Chi Minh Trail recently used to infiltrate the North Vietnamese regular divisions that had already crossed the boundary into the South. In his report, Sullivan noted, all our Yankee team photo reconnaissance missions over th…
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from special forces camps into Vietnamese border region. The patrols identified the Ho Chi Minh Trail routes and marked them for bombing by Steel Tiger. This effort was supplemented by a road watch program in which the patrols scouted for s…
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The North Vietnamese made a concerted effort to knock out this installation. In one of the few recorded instances of North Vietnamese bombing, in January 1968, two Soviet-built transports modified to carry bombs were actually shot down atte…
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Shackley hurled the secret army into major confrontations with the Peocean Lao and the North Vietnamese. On his watch, Bain Powell's Hmong began to sustain serious losses. Lawrence Devlin came to Laos at the end of 1968 when Shackley moved …
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Even after reporters revealed the existence of Long Tien and Sam Tong, they kept denying it. During Devlin's time, enemy troops actually threatened Long Tien with pitched battles for the ridge that dominated it. As Richard Helms puts it, qu…
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It was also referred to as Lima Site 85. Pony Express, an Air Force helicopter lift activity, moved 150 tons of equipment to the site for radar installation and a dozen Americans necessary to operate the equipment. Vang Pao's Hmong were to …
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overrode everything, that mountain area did not escape Hanoi's attention. It made a concerted effort to neutralize the installation. In one of the few recorded instances of North Vietnamese bombing in January 1968, two of the four biplanes …
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by an Air America pilot firing a rifle from his helicopter. This battle punctuated Ted Shackley's final months as the station chief in Laos. The blonde ghost from Cuba and Berlin rode close herd over Project Momentum, installing his own man…
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Vang Pao's secret army attained its peak strength during that period. It numbered 40,000 soldiers, mostly local defense forces, but about 15,000 regrouped into special guerrilla units. Yet the North Vietnamese matched their strength. Soon, …
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In at least one case, according to Shackley, CIA even planted radio beacons on a Leothan Lao unit and monitored its movements. A cycle of operations developed. During the dry season, the North Vietnamese attacked the Hmong in the mountains …
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Larry Devlin squired him around the country. He realized the war had grown. Hmong units now had to be larger to move safely. The North Vietnamese had begun using tanks and artillery. Vang Pao was literally running out of men. The wrecked C-…
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The World War II years and the first decade of the Cold War that followed proved a valuable learning experience for the military, scientific community, and intelligence services. All they had to do was classify it and say it was in support …
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And then the communication was basically spying on the North Vietnamese. So it was like sending out messages and translating them and doing that type of thing. So obviously it was a vital communication and intelligence link. And it was cons…
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And then the communication was basically spying on the North Vietnamese. So it was like sending out messages and translating them and doing that type of thing. So obviously it was a vital communication and intelligence link. And it was cons…
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On a one-year contract, this reclassification conveniently sidestepped the Geneva Peace Accords in 1962 that said they weren't supposed to be in Laos. It did not, however, fool the North Vietnamese. On March 10th, 1968, North Vietnamese for…
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On a one-year contract, this reclassification conveniently sidestepped the Geneva Peace Accords in 1962 that said they weren't supposed to be in Laos. It did not, however, fool the North Vietnamese. On March 10th, 1968, North Vietnamese for…
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up the inclined side of the mountain, creating a diversion. Specially trained North Vietnamese commandos, reputedly led by Soviet troops, scaled the cliffs. Small garrison was caught in a pincer movement, quickly realizing that they were va…
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up the inclined side of the mountain, creating a diversion. Specially trained North Vietnamese commandos, reputedly led by Soviet troops, scaled the cliffs. Small garrison was caught in a pincer movement, quickly realizing that they were va…
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Helicopters belonging to Air America in Laos and airborne forward air controllers called Ravens responded. The Ravens flying their light single engine Cessna circled the mountain directing fighter strikes against the advancing communist for…
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now rolled in and delivered the bomb loads on the mountain. And I don't think this guy has the whole hit, what actually happened right there, because it's much more specific, but we'll just continue. So they started bombing it. And there we…
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However, one Thai sergeant reported that he had seen three of the Air Force technicians at the site being taken prisoner and led away. Though this report was given to U.S. intelligence almost immediately and no bodies were ever recovered, t…
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However, one Thai sergeant reported that he had seen three of the Air Force technicians at the site being taken prisoner and led away. Though this report was given to U.S. intelligence almost immediately and no bodies were ever recovered, t…
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That stated the three prisoners from Site 85 were brought to a village near the mountain by the North Vietnamese. And after parading them in front of villagers for propaganda effect, they had been taken back to a cave. They were later moved…
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That stated the three prisoners from Site 85 were brought to a village near the mountain by the North Vietnamese. And after parading them in front of villagers for propaganda effect, they had been taken back to a cave. They were later moved…
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while conducting research for a doctoral degree, managed to interview a former patient Lao general. The general claimed to have been involved in that attack and related the fact that three American technicians had indeed been captured and h…
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while conducting research for a doctoral degree, managed to interview a former patient Lao general. The general claimed to have been involved in that attack and related the fact that three American technicians had indeed been captured and h…