http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/07/29/bringing-them-home/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/07/29/bringing-them-home/comment-page-1/#comment-516087 Laurent Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:36:36 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=2569#comment-516087 Vientiane Times newspaper regularly reports on the transfer back home of remains of Vietnamese fighters with official ceremomies and flags. It reports on the dead American pilots as well. Vientiane Times newspaper regularly reports on the transfer back home of remains of Vietnamese fighters with official ceremomies and flags.
It reports on the dead American pilots as well.

]]> http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/07/29/bringing-them-home/comment-page-1/#comment-515540 Grant Evans Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:43:24 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/?p=2569#comment-515540 This 'recovery of martyrs' has been going on for a long time, and reported on for an equally long time. Indeed, monuments to these 'martyrs,' can be found in Xieng Khoang and elsewhere. It is in contrast to the situation before 1975 when the existence of 'Vietnamese volunteers' (approximately 50,000 of them) were categorically denied by Hanoi and by the Pathet Lao. This was the communist sides contribution to the so-called 'Secret War' in Laos. It was Prime Minister Prince Souvanna Phouma's objection to Vietnamese troops passing through Laos along the Ho Chi Minh Trail that dragged poor old Laos into the maelstrom of the Vietname War. This ‘recovery of martyrs’ has been going on for a long time, and reported on for an equally long time. Indeed, monuments to these ‘martyrs,’ can be found in Xieng Khoang and elsewhere.
It is in contrast to the situation before 1975 when the existence of ‘Vietnamese volunteers’ (approximately 50,000 of them) were categorically denied by Hanoi and by the Pathet Lao. This was the communist sides contribution to the so-called ‘Secret War’ in Laos.
It was Prime Minister Prince Souvanna Phouma’s objection to Vietnamese troops passing through Laos along the Ho Chi Minh Trail that dragged poor old Laos into the maelstrom of the Vietname War.

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