Volunteers organization
also: Thai mercenaries, Thai defenders
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▶ 9:32
Their air boss through the late 60s was none other than a major at the time, Richard Secord. You know Richard Secord, the guy that was in Iran-Contra? Yeah, that guy. He's running the secret air operation at Udorn for Laos, when we're not e…
▶ 34:50
Vang Pao impressed Helms with his command presence, but the Hmong leader had been reduced to recruiting child soldiers. Kids as young as 13 were being trained by the CIA to fight. Thai mercenaries now kept up the number of troops in the Hmo…
▶ 4:25
razor back ridge with one side consisting of a very steep incline that was heavily defended by thai mercenaries and mung hold on just a second john can you text him and tell him i'm on my show and i'll be off and call him when i get done it…
▶ 9:59
As soon as the top of the mountain had been evacuated, the friendlies, Thai and Mao defenders, were ordered to destroy all of the heavy equipment, break contact, and abandon their positions. The site and its secret communication gear had to…
▶ 11:04
Thousands of pounds of bombs rained down on the mountaintop, virtually destroying what remained of the site. As this was happening, the Hmong and Thai defenders had managed to break contact and had reached a rallying point where heads were …
▶ 11:27
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…
▶ 8:30
We still didn't like them, but we've got one of their clerics here? Okay. Rahman was connected to more than just a few local radical followers. And everybody acts like they don't know any of this. His international contacts included members…