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Whispering Death "Tuag Nco Ntsoov": ...Our Journey with the Hmong in the Secret War for Laos . . . Lub caij peb thiab Hmoob koom tes ua ntsug rog ntsiag to nyob Los Tsuas teb | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert Curry
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 414533
Media: Paperback
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Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 0595318096
Dewey Decimal Number: 959
EAN: 9780595318094
ASIN: 0595318096
Publication Date: September 14, 2004
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Whispering Death . . . is a shattering account of an eighteen-year old aviator from the streets of America to Vietnam, into the Macomb world of a Secret War run by the CIA, fought with clandestine forces, the Hmong hill people, and a vast and varied air armada. "This is a book that must be read . . . I highly recommend this book for knowledge of how the Secret War in Laos was fought and why we owe the Hmong so much." Harry C. Aderholt - Brigadier General USAF, Ret. "A superb tale of aviation adventure in the combat skies of Southeast Asia woven with extraordinary skill. Discover the Hmong hill tribesmen of Laos to be courageous, freedom-loving fighters. Read the first-hand accounts of their struggle and exodus after being abandoned by their American ally. This is a gripping, personal story from a new perspective. A must-read for fans of military aviation during the Vietnam War era." Larry Sanborn - Raven FAC - call sign: Sandy . . . Our Journey with the Hmong in the Secret War for Laos shadows the struggle of the Lao-Hmong people, who chose to ally with the Americans in their Secret War, suffered the brutality of combat for over a decade, and then endured the ultimate betrayal of the American government. "One of the most comprehensive and fascinating books ever written about America's most covert war. It embodies the desperate fight for freedom these Americans and Hmong faced together, bound as eternal brothers and sisters. And in the end how an American government left my people to die alone." Yang Chee, President, Lao-Hmong American Coalition
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 Secret War in Laos June 13, 2008
A great book about enlisted flyers in Vietnam. Not the usual I'm a pilot and your not type of book. Good detail about daily life. Well worth the purchase
 It's an OK read March 16, 2008
I am having trouble getting into this book. Not at all because of the topic, which is very interesting, but because the American author (not the Hmong author) complains about how hard he had it. When he was aircrew and slept in a bed every night with clean clothes to wear. I'm sorry, he did just not suffer 1/100 th physically and emotionally the way the that grunts (in any war) did.
He explains his thousand yard stare started after one of his buddies didn't make it back. After reading memoirs of infantry, whose diarrhea was so bad that their pants were soaked with their own waste, freezing cold, their friends shot and brains splattered on their buddies face , not sleeping or eating for days, I just can't stand that part of this book where he whines. If I can ignore that and I may be able to finish this book. It has other parts that are very informative and new to me.
Heart Shattering Story about our Secret War December 29, 2005
I read it and couldn't put it down. I cried, I laughed. I understood for the first time what the Hmong did for this country and how we left them to die alone. Are we doing this to our allies today?
I was there also! August 22, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I spent two tours doing what this book is all about, and over the years there are alot of time gaps, dates, buddies, and names that just fadded over the years. This book put me back in the right seat, same planes, and on the same missions. From Phu Bai, to Udorn, and Thuay Hue, Bob Curry tells it as it was being an enlisted man in an officers world! A great book that placed me right over the PDJ 35 years ago, to returning home to the same welcomeing that so many of us recieved. Well worth your reading time!
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