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Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Khamseune Sonepheth Morrow interview conducted by Susan Caolo, 2022

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Interview session with Khamseune Sonepheth Morrow
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Title

  • Khamseune Sonepheth Morrow interview conducted by Susan Caolo, 2022

Summary

  • This holding contains a photograph and recordings of a 2022 interview documenting Morrow's training and service in the Lao Special Guerrilla during the "Secret War." During the interview, Morrow speaks about life before joining the military; training in Thailand to study nursing and in Laos for officer school at Nongsaphang, Savannakhet; serving in military region 3 and at Long Tieng base in mobile group (GM) 30; being a nurse; treating wounded soldiers; base hospitals; participating in the Road Watch Campaign; and other appointments. He also speaks about what happened to him after the war, including spending time in re-education camps, escaping to Thailand, life in the US as a refugee, and his thoughts on military burial rights.

Names

  • Morrow, Khamseune Sonepheth, interviewee
  • Caolo, Susan Boot, interviewer

Created / Published

  • 2022

Headings

  • -  Morrow, Khamseune Sonepheth,--interviews
  • -  Laos.--Royal Lao Army
  • -  United States.--Central Intelligence Agency
  • -  United States.--Army
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, Laotian
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Laos
  • -  Laotians--Interviews
  • -  Military assistance, American--Laos

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
  • Sound recordings
  • Video recordings
  • Photographs

Notes

  • -  Jaesen Khounthalangsy interpreted while recording the oral history interviews.
  • -  In Lao and English.

Medium

  • sound recording 1 digital audio file (WAV) : digital, stereo
  • moving images 1 video file (MP4) : digital, sound, color
  • graphic materials 3 photographic prints

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655680

Online Format

  • audio
  • video
  • image

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Rights & Access

Using AD Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Asian Division (AD) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. allied Lao military veterans who served during the Vietnam War so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Lao Special Guerrilla Unit and Royal Lao Army Veteran Interviews Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should Asian Division staff via Ask a Librarian for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us via Ask a Librarian (https://ask.loc.gov/asia/) with questions.

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Chicago citation style:

Morrow, Khamseune Sonepheth, Interviewee, and Susan Boot Caolo. Khamseune Sonepheth Morrow interview conducted by Susan Caolo. 2022. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655680/.

APA citation style:

Morrow, K. S. & Caolo, S. B. (2022) Khamseune Sonepheth Morrow interview conducted by Susan Caolo. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655680/.

MLA citation style:

Morrow, Khamseune Sonepheth, Interviewee, and Susan Boot Caolo. Khamseune Sonepheth Morrow interview conducted by Susan Caolo. 2022. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655680/>.