Ban Xon Mechanics

Item

SCMSD_gabr_000114

Title

eng Ban Xon Mechanics

Description

eng Albert Four (USAID) (back middle in white tee shirt) and his assistants in Ban Xon. Front, second from left, is Bounmee. Bounmee was responsible for saving U.S. Navy pilot LT Charles F. Klusmann who was shot down in 1964 over the Plain of Jars. Klusmann was captured and spent 86 days in captivity until he escaped the prisoner camp on August 30, 1964 and rescued two days later.

Coverage

eng 18.924573555273078, 102.71235627334516
eng Ban Xon, Laos

Date

eng 1971

Creator

eng Hmongstory Legacy

Relation

eng Galen Beery Collection

Language

eng eng

Provenance

eng Gifted by Galen Beery to Hmongstory Legacy. Digital reproduction gifted to Fresno State.

Identifier

eng SCMSD_gabr_000114

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