The Laos Memorial is a small memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, located between the path to the JFK memorial and the Tomb of the Unknowns, in Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. The memorial commemorates the veterans of the "Secret War" in Laos.
Approved by the U.S. Department of Defense, but paid for by Hmong veterans, the memorial stands as a tribute to the Hmong, Lao, and other ethnic groups and American advisors who made up the Secret War effort during the Vietnam War.
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