Center for Public Policy Analysis (CPPA)

The ceremonies mark the anniversary of the exodus and mass killings of tens of thousands of Lao and Hmong refugees fleeing across the Mekong River in 1975-76.

Lt. Colonel James K. Bruton of the Special Forces Association joins his fellow Green Berets at Arlington National Cemetery to honor Lao and Hmong veterans of the Vietnam War who served in defense of the Kingdom of Laos and U.S. national security.

Colonel Joseph Simonelli, U.S. Army, Chief of Staff of Arlington National Cemetery, spoke at the Lao Veterans of America Monument for the 40th anniversary veterans' memorial wreath-laying ceremony mourning the fall of the Kingdom of Laos.

Dr. Grant McClure, President and Commanding Officer of Counterparts Veterans Association, presented a statement at Arlington National Cemetery honoring Lao and Hmong veterans and their American advisors on the 40th anniversary of the fall Laos.

Edmund Williams, U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Officer (U.S. FSO, Ret.), issued a statement for special 40th anniversary ceremonies held at the Lao Veterans of America Monument at Arlington National Cemetery and the Vietnam War Memorial.

The Center for Public Policy Analysis, along with Lao- and Hmong-American veterans who served in Laos during the Vietnam War, are concluding memorial and policy events in Washington DC, including those at Arlington, the Vietnam Memorial and Congress.

Lao- and Hmong-American veterans, and community leaders, are honored by Arlington National Cemetery, the U.S. Department of Defense, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Special Forces Association and Members of Congress at Washington memorial ceremonies.

In Arlington National Cemetery, the event is being hosted by the Center for Public Policy Analysis, Lao Veterans of America, Inc., U.S. Department of Defense, Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Members of Congress.

Mr. Pang Mang Thao, President, of the Minnesota Lao Veterans, spoke at the 40th anniversary wreath-laying ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial, and Arlington National Cemetery, to honor Lao- and Hmong-American veterans and their U.S. advisers.

Lao- and Hmong-American Veterans of the Vietnam War in Laos Will Hold A Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery Mourning the 40th Anniversary of the Fall of the Royal Kingdom of Laos: Remarks of Richard Xiong, Lao Veterans of America Institute, of Fresno, CA.