had withdrawn from Vietnam and a weary nation was ready to move on. Universal Images Group / Universal Images Group via Getty fileĬongressional hearings in 1971 made the campaign known to the public.
Investigations of secret CIA activities during the Vietnam War revealed that B-52s were used to systematically bomb neighboring Laos and Cambodia. They dropped an estimated 2 million tons of ordnance during the conflict, making Laos, on a per-person basis, the most bombed nation in history. bombers were pummeling communist supply lines on both sides of the Vietnam-Laos border, often with little regard for civilian casualties. military operations in Laos - technically a neutral country - without informing Congress of the full scale of the American involvement. The Johnson and Nixon administrations each oversaw U.S. It wasn’t called the secret war for nothing. “We wanted to encourage more people to write about it and take interest in their history, including the American public.” “We’re trying to preserve this history so we can protect the future,” said Koulabdara, who was born in Laos but largely grew up in Ohio.
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