The Special Guerrilla Units (SGU) Veterans and Families of USA was established in 2004 in Minnesota by Hmong veterans of the Secret War as a non-profit organization. The organization’s mission is to service and provide social and emotional supports to the veterans, widows, and their families. Also, SGU continues to advocate state and federal political leaders to pass legislation to gain access to VA benefits for its members.

From 1961 to 1975, our Hmong SGU veterans played a crucial role in the U.S. war efforts in Laos during the Vietnam War era. Our veterans were employed by the CIA as a secret army known as the SGU to fulfill the U.S. military objectives inside Laos: approximately 35,000 SGU soldiers died in assisting the U.S.