Vang Pao and many members of the Hmong ethnic minority fought as U.S.-backed guerillas in Laos, but were all but abandoned when the country fell to communist forces in 1975.

• 王宝和许多成员苗族少数民族斗争作为美国支持的游击队在老挝，但都放弃了，但当时该国下降到1975年的共产主义势力。