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  • by Andre le Gallo Air America Bell 205 helicopter taking flight above a Hmong support base.

    Forgotten Heroes: The Secret War

    The Ravens lost pilots in Laos, the majority of whom based out of Long Tieng. Air America…

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  • by Andre le Gallo Ravens on the airstrip in Long Tieng. Photo courtesy of the University of Texas – Dallas Historic Aviation Collection.

    Forgotten Heroes: Flight of the Ravens

    I first saw Long Tieng when I waked the first Special Guerrilla Unit, forty strong, carrying M-1…

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  • by Andre le Gallo CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia

    Forgotten Heroes: Going to The Action

    When the director of the CIA read off the list of over one hundred officers killed in the line of…

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  • by Andre le Gallo The streets of Bucharest

    Behind the Iron Curtain with Woody Allen

    To prepare for a tour in Bucharest, where unauthorized contact with a foreigner breached the…

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  • by Andre le Gallo Pha That Luang Stupa in Vientiane, Laos

    What Me Worry? The Creed of Laos

    Vientiane in the sixties was an Asian Wild West dominated by the American presence.  In the…

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  • by Andre le Gallo C-47 on a mission.

    The Days of Feeling Indestructible

    The Air America C-47 flew over the disputed territory of Northern Laos.  I looked through the…

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  • by Andre le Gallo Hmong Tribe in Laos

    Life in the CIA: Part 2

    Two weeks later, Dearborn and Maurice were invited to a celebration organized by Major Xiong. …

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  • by Andre le Gallo A soldier of the Hmong tribe recruited to fight for the CIA.

    Life in the CIA: Part 1

    When I glanced at the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle after taking a sip of my coffee one…

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  • by Andre le Gallo U.S. Embassy in Paris

    The First Americans: Part 3

    Following the war, the US created the Marshall Plan and NATO.   The Berlin Air…

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  • by Andre le Gallo Street scene in 1945 France.

    The First Americans: Part 2

    I was only six but the event of a sunny day in the summer of 1944 are still vivid…

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  • by Andre le Gallo The tension and fighting in Iran grows more frightening each day.

    A Gangster Government

    Perhaps no one I know has a better understanding and perspective on Iran, the setting for my novel,…

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  • by Andre le Gallo Unrest in Iran

    Insights into a Clandestine World

    “Are you keeping Steve and Kella in your new novel?” I was asked at a book signing for my first…

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  • by Andre le Gallo Hotel de Crillon in Paris, France

    The First Americans: Part 1

    “My worst nightmare,” our young American guide said, “is that somebody on the tour will…

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  • by Andre le Gallo The unrest explodes in Iran

    Satan’s Spy and the Unrest in Iran

    People in a position to know, like GENERAL MICHAEL V. HAYDEN, Former Director of the National…

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  • by Andre le Gallo Picture 31

    Satan’s Spy

    Tension between the U.S. and Iran builds while a clandestine member of the CIA tries to uncover…

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