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...early 1950s, American funds flooded into Indo-China, but mostly to support the French in their ill-fated effort to defeat the Viet Minh, Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary army. Laos remained on the periphery until the Geneva cease-fire was signed in 1954. From that point, the U.S. presence in Laos grew, spurred by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' determination to prevent Southeast Asia from falling under Communist domination...
...accord was completely ignored. As the war in Viet Nam intensified, increasing numbers of North Vietnamese poured into Laos to defend the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Chinese road builders appeared all over the north. U.S. advisers flocked to Vientiane, and American planes filled the skies-bombers to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail and transports to ferry government troops around...
...Green Berets who have completed their Army service and signed up as "spooks." American casualties in Laos are equally difficult to assess. The Pentagon will say only that since 1961, the U.S. has lost 193 air crewmen-Army, Air Force and Navy-over Laos, chiefly while bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It is not known whether the missing men have been captured or killed...
eliminate the subtlety of our argument. We must realize that slogans like "Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh, the NLF is going to win" are often barriers to communication...
...wasn't ever hypnotized. I mean, I felt sleepy, but's that's all." O ho my girl. Wait...