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Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material Soutchay Vongsavanh interview conducted by Susan Caolo, 2022

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Interview session with Soutchay Vongsavanh
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Title

  • Soutchay Vongsavanh interview conducted by Susan Caolo, 2022

Summary

  • The Vongsavanh collection contains a photograph and recordings of a 2022 interview with Vongsavanh documenting his training and service in the Lao Special Guerrilla during the "Secret War." During the interview he discusses serving in the Royal Lao Army, training in the US and Savannakhet, Laos, commanding mobile group ("GM") 16, being chief of staff of the Special Guerrilla Units, becoming Brigadier General of military region 4, combat on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and Bolaven plateau in southern Laos, intelligence gathering, and escaping to Thailand.

Names

  • Vongsavanh, Soutchay interviewee
  • Caolo, Susan Boot, interviewer

Created / Published

  • 2022

Headings

  • -  Vongsavanh, Soutchay--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
  • -  Military intelligence

Genre

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

Notes

  • -  Jaesen Khounthalangsy interpreted while recording the oral history interviews.
  • -  Recorded in Marietta, Georgia in 2022.
  • -  In Lao and English.

Medium

  • sound recording 1 digital audio file (MPEG, MPP, WAV) : digital, stereo
  • moving images 2 video files (MPEG, MPG4) : digital, sound, color
  • 1 video file (MPG3) : digital, sound, color
  • graphic materials 1 photographic print

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024655684

Online Format

  • audio
  • video
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

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:

Vongsavanh, Soutchay Interviewee, and Susan Boot Caolo. Soutchay Vongsavanh interview conducted by Susan Caolo. 2022. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655684/.

APA citation style:

Vongsavanh, S. I. & Caolo, S. B. (2022) Soutchay Vongsavanh interview conducted by Susan Caolo. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655684/.

MLA citation style:

Vongsavanh, Soutchay Interviewee, and Susan Boot Caolo. Soutchay Vongsavanh interview conducted by Susan Caolo. 2022. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024655684/>.