[Interview of Hmong immigrant and former soldier Tom Vue].

Hmong immigrant and former soldier Tom Vue discusses emigrating from Laos to the U.S. via a camp in Thailand. He discusses taking command of 1200 troops in the rain forests of Laos after Hmong General Vang Pao emigrated to the US in 1975. Vue talks about their defeat by the communists in 1977 and hi...

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Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	Hmong Americans in Michigan Oral History Project, Michigan State University Press (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors:	Vue, Tom (Interviewee), Bloomfield, Martha Aladjem (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Subjects:	Laos. > Royal Lao Army > Military life. Hmong Americans > Michigan > Interviews. Command of troops. Refugee camps > Thailand. Moving, Household > Michigan > Lansing. Hmong language > Translating. Political refugees > Interviews. United States > Emigration and immigration. Laos > Emigration and immigration. Laos > History > 1975- Oral histories. Sound recordings.
Genre:	Interviews. Oral histories. Sound recordings.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Local Note:	MSU: Gift of Martha Aladjem Bloomfield.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 audio file (45 min., 47 sec.))
Format:	Electronic Audio Software