04290cpc a22006857i 4500 in00024270515 20260108201317.8 250702i19612024xx eng 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg tmitchell 2025-06-25 tmitchell 2025-08-20 2025219360 DLC eng dacs DLC eng lao eng lao a-ls--- a-vn--- n-us--- a-ja--- a-th--- d2024 Vorasarn, Chantho interviewee Lao Special Guerrilla Unit and Royal Lao Army Veteran interviews. Chantho Vorasarn interview conducted by Susan Caolo, 18 November 2024. 2024 sound recording 1 digital audio file (WAV) : digital, stereo moving images 1 video file (MP4) : digital, sound, color graphic materials 3 photographic prints Jaesen Khounthalangsy interpreted while recording the oral history interviews. Recorded in the Lao Art and Cultural Center in St. Petersburg, Florida on 18 November 2024. This holding contains photographs and recordings of interviews with Vorasarn about his experiences as a Laotian soldier trained by United States Special Operational Forces to participate in guerrilla operations during the Vietnam War. During the interview, Vorasarn speaks about enlisting in the Royal Lao Army in 1960, spending four years on the eastern front lines in GM 14 Military Region 3 (Savannakhet province), serving as company commander of the 8th infantry battalion, interpreting for the United States military branches, joining a Special Guerrilla Unit, training, combat, serving as assistant intelligence chief in the Royal Lao Army Supreme Headquarters, and acting as a liaison with United States Army and Air Force attachés in the combined operations office. He also speaks about receiving intelligence training at Fort Holabird, creating intelligence reports, training in Laos and Thailand, interpreting at the US Pacific Army Intelligence School (USAPACINTS) at Fort Buckner, the 22 February 1973 Peace Accords, the third coalition government, the Lao Revolution of 1975, Lao student protests, surviving eleven years in the re-education camp in Viengxay, being a refugee in Thailand, emigrating to the United States, and his efforts in seeking rights and recognition from the United States government for his wartime service. In Lao and English. Vorasarn, Chantho interviews. Laos. Royal Lao Army. United States. Central Intelligence Agency. United States. Army. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Personal narratives, Laotian. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Veterans. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Laos. Laotians Interviews. Military assistance, American Laos. Labor camps. Refugee camps. Guerrillas. Military intelligence. Translators. Emigration and immigration. Interviews. lcgft Japan Laos. United States. Thailand. Oral histories. lcgft Sound recordings. lcgft Video recordings. lcgft Photographs. gmgpc Caolo, Susan Boot, interviewer. Library of Congress Asian Division Washington, D.C. U.S.A. 20540 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asian.home Video asianlaosgurla 2025219360_mv01 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianlaosgurla.2025219360_mv01 Audio asianlaosgurla 2025219360_sr01 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianlaosgurla.2025219360_sr01 Photograph 1 asianlaosgurla 2025219360_ph01 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianlaosgurla.2025219360_ph01 Photograph 2 asianlaosgurla 2025219360_ph02 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianlaosgurla.2025219360_ph02 Photograph 3 asianlaosgurla 2025219360_ph03 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.asian/asianlaosgurla.2025219360_ph03 asian/asian asian/laosgurla Electronic Resource