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Vang Pao, Hmong Leader And General Who Led Secret War In Laos, Has Died

Former Hmong Gen. Vang Pao (right) in May 2000 during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. Luke Frazza /AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Vang Pao, Hmong Leader And General Who Led Secret War In Laos, Has Died

He was known to some of his countryman as the George Washington of the Hmong. Vang fought against the Japanese in World War II, the French in the 1950s and the North Vietnamese in the 1960s and '70s.