During the Vietnam war, the United States carried out 580,000 bombing missions over Laos, a neutral country in the Vietnam War. The bombings started in 1964. For nine years, Laos sustained an…
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The Laotian Gate of Triumph
Doesn’t the Patuxay Monument remind you of Paris’ Arc de Triomphe? After all, Patuxay means Gate of Triumph. Ironically, it was built to honor those who fought the French for independence, which…