John Willheim Exhibit
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These images are from the “John Willheim: Secret War Photographer” exhibit at the Fresno Art Museum, and they were taken by David Lee.

Exhibit excerpt: “As the chaos of the Vietnam War dominated American news, a shadow war was being fought in neighboring Laos. Since the 1950s, the United States had been involved in Laos, where communism had begun to take hold, with forces backed by North Vietnam. In the early 1960s, CIA officers allied with the Hmong who were already fighting communist forces. The Hmong, a unique tribal group originally from China, amassed a guerilla force which grew to more than 30,000 fighters backed by the CIA.” More about the exhibit here.

Fresno, California
2024