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Fleeing from Laos
In 1973 the American-led 'secret war' against communists in Laos came to an end. But when the fighting stopped many of their allies had to flee to escape persecution.
In 1973 two decades of civil war in Laos ended. It also brought an end to the 'secret war' - the American-led fight against Vietnamese communists in Laos. But when the fighting stopped many of the country's Hmong people who had supported the Americans had to flee to escape persecution.
PHOTO: Courtesy of Yee Chang (front row, young boy in black on the left, photo taken the day before he and his family crossed the Mekong river)
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