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Ron Schuh

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Ron Schuh kept a tape recorder in the cockpit of his F-4 and it was only recently that he digitized the tapes and began to relive his missions over Southeast Asia. One of them was air support for the Son Tay raid, which failed to find the POW's to be rescued. (2:24)

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Ron Schuh was based in Thailand, where he flew F-4 Phantoms in missions over the whole of Southeast Asia. He tells the story of the visit of legendary fighter pilot Robin Olds to his base. A good time was had by all, and the renowned ace even saved Ron's hide in a briefing. (6:20)

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Ron Schuh served two tours in the skies over Southeast Asia and he has some pointed words of advice for our political leaders. He says we learned from our lessons in Vietnam for a while, but we have slipped back into a strategic dysfunction. He remembers a mission briefing which exposed a major shortcoming, the training for combat. (7:26)

Sar Phouthasack

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Sar Phouthasack was a busy man. He not only ran the commando school, the communications, and the repair shop, he had to shuttle back and forth to the front lines almost daily. In the secret war in Laos, his unit was well known as the best and they were frequently called on to go to the aid of others as they did at Khe Sanh. (5:56)

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The CIA offered to send Sar Phouthasack to Special Forces training and the young Laotian jumped at the chance. His father had been a paratrooper and it was his dream to follow in his footsteps. It was a long two years, not just jump school but leadership and medical training. He was among the first in his class to be deployed. (5:17)

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After his special forces training Sar Phouthasack was taken by two CIA operatives in plainclothes to a headquarters set up in an ordinary house in Laos. They soon moved to Thailand, where a US air presence was building. The main task of the Laotian Special Guerrilla Unit was to operate road watch teams on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. (5:15)

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There was no contact with Team G. The road watch team along the Ho Chi Minh Trail had gone silent, no radio contact. Sar Phouthasack was part of the CIA operation that put the teams in the field and he was the volunteer who parachuted into North Vietnam to locate the missing men. (8:32)

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He was a commando in a secret CIA directed special forces unit, but he was also a man who met a woman and he wanted to get married. Sar Phouthasack got his time off for nuptials but it was cut short when an order came down to move the unit from Thailand back into Laos. (7:19)

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The Paris Peace Accords brought immediate changes to the war in Laos. All of the CIA backed Special Guerrilla Units were absorbed into the Royal Lao Army. Sar Phouthasack was sent to Vientiane where he started another secret assignment monitoring enemy radio transmissions. (4:22)

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The Paris Peace Accords meant that the Pathet Lao and the Royal government were going to participate in a power sharing regime. Sar Phouthasack says there was just one problem, the communists did not disarm and kept on fighting. (5:36)