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Laos Invasion Described by Federal Worker
Laura Mayer, a federal guard program employee, writes Miss Layle Reed about the Laos invasion. She recalls terrified, poorly trained Communist troops entering Vientiane in 1949, evacuations, and six American women captured then released after a near execution.
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Layle Reed
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