As a teenager in World War II, Vang Pao fought the Japanese, who were attempting to take over Laos.
In the 1950s, he joined the French in the war against the North Vietnamese who were dominating Laos and later worked with the CIA to wage a covert war there.
Former CIA Chief William Colby once called Pao "the biggest hero of the Vietnam War," for the 15 years he spent heading a CIA-sponsored guerrilla army fighting against a communist takeover of the Southeast Asian peninsula.
============Army Denies Vang Pao Arlington Burial
"Vang Pao led Hmong guerrillas in a CIA-backed battle against communists in Laos and was credited with resettling tens of thousands of Hmong in American cities."
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Army Denies Vang Pao Arlington Burial
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