Trying to survive meant living in constant fear and being faced with difficult choices.

Having grown up in Long Tieng, Lee Pao Xiong was no stranger to war even as a child.

The CIA recruited Hmong people to fight as surrogates of the U.S. armed forces.

Ganghis Khang talks about the poor living conditions of Ban Vinai Refugee Camp

Nhiacha Vang relives a punishing battle in which he was critically injured by enemy fire.

Many Hmong men and boys joined General Vang Pao's troops to escape poverty.

As the Secret War ended, Hmong people were hunted by the Communist Pathet Lao.

Among the hardest hit by the Secret War were the Hmong people of northern Laos.

CIA operatives worked hand in glove with the Hmong and General Vang Pao during the Secret