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Author Vang, Chia Youyee, 1971- author.

Title Fly until you die : an oral history of Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War / Chia Youyee Vang
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Series The Oxford oral history series
Oxford oral history series.
Contents Introduction: Collective memory -- The origin of Hmong entanglement in the Vietnam War -- The road to pilot training -- Learning to fly -- Long cheng air -- Widowhood -- Grief and remembrance -- Escape -- Starting over -- Reassessing war -- Conclusion: the legacy of war -- Narrator biographies -- Appendix: Hmong special air operation in Military Region II participants
Summary "Fly Until You Die": An Oral History of Hmong Pilots in the Vietnam War exposes the best kept secret in the American war in Southeast Asia by exploring the experiences of ethnic minority pilots trained by the US Air Force and their efforts to make sense of war decades later."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from web page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on April 27, 2020)
Subject United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT United States. Central Intelligence Agency. fast (OCoLC)fst00536259
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Campaigns -- Laos.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Participation, Hmong (Asian people)
Air pilots, Military -- Laos -- Interviews
Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Interviews
Hmong (Asian people) -- United States -- Interviews
Political refugees -- United States -- Biography
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
Air pilots, Military.
Hmong (Asian people)
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial -- American.
Political refugees.
SUBJECT Laos -- History, Military -- 20th century
Subject Laos.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books
interviews.
Biographies.
History.
Interviews.
Military history.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Interviews.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Interviews.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780190622152
0190622156
9780190622176
0190622172
Other Titles Oral history of Hmong pilots in the Vietnam War