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Hmong Americans -- Minnesota.
General Vang Pao’s Personal Bodyguard and House Manager Captain, SGU, CIA Secret War in Laos 1961-1975

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  • Cleveland, OH 1
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  • Brooklyn Park, MN 1
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  • Mae Ka Kee refugee camp, Thailand 1
  • Karen State, Burma 1
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  • San Francisco, CA 1
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  • Beijing, China 1
  • Daegu, South Korea 1
  • Jhapa, Nepal 1
  • County Wexford, Ireland 1
  • Moldova 1
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  • St. Paul 201
  • Minneapolis 121
  • Duluth 22
  • Moorhead 11
  • West St. Paul 9
  • Richfield 9
  • St. Cloud 8
  • Saint Paul 7
  • Brooklyn Center 6
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  • Rochester 5
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  • Eagan 2
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  • Williams 2
  • Columbia Heights 2
  • Anaheim 1
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  • Detroit 1
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  • Marshall 1
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  • Mankato 1
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  • American Swedish Institute
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