VERY RARE BOOK.
Noah Vang said the reason he started to write the book of General Vang Pao was to preserve Hmong leaders history.
“As part of my growing up, I wanted to know who the
Hmong are and who are the Hmong leaders, so I went to search in the
library but could not find any book about the Hmong but plenty books
about other ethnic groups and their leaders. So that’s inspired me to
start it.” said Noah Vang.
General Vang Pao
An Illustration of His Remarkable Life by Noah Vang
Timeline of General Vang Pao's Life
December 8, 1929, Pao Vang is born
to parents, Phutong Neng Chu Vang and Song Thao in Phou kong Khao, Nong
Het District in Kieno Khouang Province, Laos.
At age 13, Vang
Pao worked as a courier for Hmong Leader Tasseng Touby Lyfoung, Prince
Saykham Sobsayana, who was the Govenor of Xieng. Khouang Provice, and
the French.
1950: Vang Pao worked his way up the ranks into the Royal
Lao Army. His father, Phutong Neng Chu Vang, had died from an unknown
illness. Vang Pao did not get to attend his father's funeral service.
January 1961, CIA (James W. Lair) met with Vang Pao and agreed to
join forces with the U.S. to lead and fight the biggest military
operation ever conducted by the CIA, known as the Secret War (Vietnam
War) in Laos from 1961-1975.
1960 General Vang Pao was promoted to a
2-star Major General in the Royal Lao Army.
In 1968, General Vang Pao visited Washington, D.C., and gave a flint-lock pistol as a gift to U.S. President Lyndon
B. Johnson.
In 1952, Vang Pao was the only Hmong who attended
French Police Academy in Dong Hene, Savanakhet. He graduated in 7th out
of 56 students.
In 1971, General Vang Pao sent several of his
children to school in Missoula, Montana. The "Secret War"
ends. GVP faces political pressure to leave the country because the Thai
Government feared of an invasion of Communist forces from Laos while he
was in Thailand. 1975 General Vang Pao along with 11 others, were
charged with attempting to overthrow the Lao Government. Following their
arrests, supporters across the U.S. rallied for their release. 2007 In
October, General Vang Pao's 2007 case was dismissed in Sacramento, CA,
where about 10,000 Hmong of all ages came to voice their support for his
innocence.
2009 January 6, General Vang Pao passes away at Clovis Community Medical Center. He had died from pneumonia at the age of 81.
The
funeral service was held from February 4-9 at the Fresno Convention
Center in California. More than 30,000 people attended. 2011 General
Vang Pao was a Hmong-Lao leader that the Hmong and Lao people looked up
to. He fought for his people and his country. He was courageous and
brave to the people of Laos. General Vang Pao is an idol to all Hmong
and Lao people. He helped the Hmong and Lao people have a better life by
giving them a chance to go abroad and live a new life.