when I joined a CIA and had the opportunity I was able to get into the
opportunity I was able to get into the
opportunity I was able to get into the Special Operations Division and I went
Special Operations Division and I went
Special Operations Division and I went through six months of intensive
through six months of intensive
through six months of intensive paramilitary training and shortly
paramilitary training and shortly
paramilitary training and shortly thereafter I was assigned to the
thereafter I was assigned to the
thereafter I was assigned to the operation in Laos there was a war going
operation in Laos there was a war going
operation in Laos there was a war going on but it was basically a guerilla war
on but it was basically a guerilla war
on but it was basically a guerilla war and in 1962 the Geneva Accords had been
and in 1962 the Geneva Accords had been
and in 1962 the Geneva Accords had been signed and and that required all foreign
signed and and that required all foreign
signed and and that required all foreign troops to leave Laos the u.s. complied
troops to leave Laos the u.s. complied
troops to leave Laos the u.s. complied they took out 500 and enlisted men
they took out 500 and enlisted men
they took out 500 and enlisted men who’ve been in working with the hill
who’ve been in working with the hill
who’ve been in working with the hill tribes in Laos problem was that the
tribes in Laos problem was that the
tribes in Laos problem was that the North Vietnamese did not pull their
North Vietnamese did not pull their
North Vietnamese did not pull their personnel out their military personnel
personnel out their military personnel
personnel out their military personnel out and so the whoever made the policy
out and so the whoever made the policy
out and so the whoever made the policy decided to continue the u.s. presence
decided to continue the u.s. presence
decided to continue the u.s. presence there but in in the form of just two
there but in in the form of just two
there but in in the form of just two paramilitary officers we weren’t in the
paramilitary officers we weren’t in the
paramilitary officers we weren’t in the country legally we did we didn’t go
country legally we did we didn’t go
country legally we did we didn’t go through the antenna and a passport no
through the antenna and a passport no
through the antenna and a passport no where we were flowing in black as it is
where we were flowing in black as it is
where we were flowing in black as it is called the whole idea at that time was
called the whole idea at that time was
called the whole idea at that time was to harass and slow down the Vietnamese
to harass and slow down the Vietnamese
to harass and slow down the Vietnamese eventual march towards the west from
eventual march towards the west from
eventual march towards the west from Vietnam we did a lot we blew up boats on
Vietnam we did a lot we blew up boats on
Vietnam we did a lot we blew up boats on the river supply boats as North
the river supply boats as North
the river supply boats as North Vietnamese we ambushed the North
Vietnamese we ambushed the North
Vietnamese we ambushed the North Vietnamese truck convoys some not
Vietnamese truck convoys some not
Vietnamese truck convoys some not traditional methods because we didn’t
traditional methods because we didn’t
traditional methods because we didn’t always have the weapons and ended at one
always have the weapons and ended at one
always have the weapons and ended at one point dropping large rocks out of a
point dropping large rocks out of a
point dropping large rocks out of a bottle in the aircraft onto a truck
bottle in the aircraft onto a truck
bottle in the aircraft onto a truck convoy
convoy
convoy because they were right out of the open
because they were right out of the open
because they were right out of the open and they thought nothing could stop them
and they thought nothing could stop them
and they thought nothing could stop them but we we had harassed them that way the
but we we had harassed them that way the
but we we had harassed them that way the path had Laur indigenous Laos and they
path had Laur indigenous Laos and they
path had Laur indigenous Laos and they were a communist force that had been
were a communist force that had been
were a communist force that had been formed some years before and they were
formed some years before and they were
formed some years before and they were basically trained for the most part by
basically trained for the most part by
basically trained for the most part by the North Vietnamese and just as we were
the North Vietnamese and just as we were
the North Vietnamese and just as we were supplying advisers who the may over the
supplying advisers who the may over the
supplying advisers who the may over the Hmong
Hmong
Hmong tribe the North Vietnamese were
tribe the North Vietnamese were
tribe the North Vietnamese were supplying units to train the path that
supplying units to train the path that
supplying units to train the path that Lao throughout that region the path that
Lao throughout that region the path that
Lao throughout that region the path that Lao were mainly just village or type
Lao were mainly just village or type
Lao were mainly just village or type people that they turn into sometimes
people that they turn into sometimes
people that they turn into sometimes she’ll soldiers but I would say that I
she’ll soldiers but I would say that I
she’ll soldiers but I would say that I would much rather have been captured by
would much rather have been captured by
would much rather have been captured by the North Vietnamese than they path at
the North Vietnamese than they path at
the North Vietnamese than they path at loud because I think the difference
loud because I think the difference
loud because I think the difference would be being captured by a Washington
would be being captured by a Washington
would be being captured by a Washington DC neighborhood gang then from may say
DC neighborhood gang then from may say
DC neighborhood gang then from may say organized terrorist organization if that
organized terrorist organization if that
organized terrorist organization if that makes any sense but they would have been
makes any sense but they would have been
makes any sense but they would have been disciplined because the organized folks
disciplined because the organized folks
disciplined because the organized folks would try to get you whoever they were
would try to get you whoever they were
would try to get you whoever they were tried to make use of your propaganda
tried to make use of your propaganda
tried to make use of your propaganda value whereas the thugs were just gonna
value whereas the thugs were just gonna
value whereas the thugs were just gonna you know they’re gonna be del out of you
you know they’re gonna be del out of you
you know they’re gonna be del out of you and that that would be it there were Air
and that that would be it there were Air
and that that would be it there were Air America pilots who were shot down and
America pilots who were shot down and
America pilots who were shot down and and they we do know that they retreated
and they we do know that they retreated
and they we do know that they retreated very very badly they never came out
very very badly they never came out
very very badly they never came out alive
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