General Vang Pao Collection
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This collection is gathered from different sources, including archives, family members, veterans, and personal contributions, who wanted to ensure the late General Vang Pao’s legacy live on.
General Vang Pao
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General Vang Pao was one of the greatest military commanders during the secret War in Laos, a part of the Vietnam conflict, from 1960 to 1975. He began his military career as an officer in the French army in the early 1940s. Later, as a major general he commanded the royal Lao Army’s Military region II, which he fought to protect in order to preserve democracy, freedom, and liberty for his country. Furthermore, he assisted the united states in her quest to stop the spread of communism in southeast Asia during this military conflict. As a leader, he dedicated his lifelong career to seek justice and promote the importance of education, cultural preservation, family unity, and public service to his people worldwide. today he is revered and will be remembered by many as the Father of the Hmong People.
— Excerpt from the book General Vang Pao: An Illustration of His Remarkable Life, 2013
“Vang Pao has been widely portrayed by his Hmong supporters and the US media as an American war hero and venerated leader of the Hmong people. The former CIA chief William Colby once called him the biggest hero of the Vietnam war.”
— The Guardian, Feb. 2011