NHIA XIONG HER: INTERVIEW #1

Nhia Xiong Her recalls when he was recruited to become a soldier for the Secret War. His unit’s task was to protect the town of Badoos. He tells of those earlier experiences as a young Hmong soldier being taught how to handle weapons.

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 NHIA XIONG HER: INTERVIEW #2

Nhia Xiong Her was a soldier from 1960 to 1970. He recalls a moment when he and fellow Hmong soliders created a landing strip for the American planes to retrieve the body of a downed American pilot.

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 NHIA XIONG HER: INTERVIEW #3

Nhia Xiong Her recalls of the devastation at the end of the Secret War and the American abandonment of their Hmong allies. He speaks of the terrors and desparation of trying to escape Laos to the safety in Thailand.

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