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Lee Lue
ENDING YEARS
Bibliography
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INTRO
Lee Lue is known for leadership and courage in the Secret War. He piloted fast flying T-28s as air support to ground soldiers and also led T-28s. He is known for courage by defending his home country, Laos. He averaged 10 combat missions a day, and averaging 120 a month, adding up to a staggering 5000+ sorties.
WAR
Born December 1935 to Chong Ger Lee and Pa Vang, in the village of Phou Pheng. After giving birth to three children his mother suddenly died. Lee Lue was lucky amongst a handful of Hmong children to receive a good education in school.
EARLY YEARS
FAMILY
At 18 years old in 1953 Lee and his family moved to Xieng Khoang city. The reason for that is because communist Vietnamese invaded Laos. 1953 is also the year before 1954, the year the first Indochina war ended. Lee Lue was going to get married to Jou but when they moved their villages were to far apart to see each other.
In 1955, the following year after the first Indochina war, Lee finally married Jou after years of separation from the war. After two years they had a son that they named Ze in 1957.
In 1959, when he finished ninth grade, Lee Lue enrolled in teacher training school. After training to become a teacher he became a elementary school teacher. He took a position in Lat Houng.
CENTRAL YEARS
1967, Lee Lue volunteered to pilot faster flying T-28s as air support for ground soldiers when Touby Lyfoung and general Vang Pao requested volunteers. Vang Tou also volunteered alongside Lee Lue when the two requested volunteers. Training took place in Thailand and after 6 months of training they became the first Hmong T-28 pilots. They were later deployed into the unit of Long Tieng.
DEATH
1969 at just 39 years old, AA guns (Anti-Aircraft guns) took down Lee Lue's T-28 while he was on a mission to take out Pathet Lao. He took a direct hit that killed him instantly. The wreck of his T-28 was later found in debris. Vang Tou was never seen again that same day that Lee Lue died. He was shot down near Muong Soui, Laos.
Lee Lue led T-28s with courage and courageously defended Laos. He earned the leadership of others by leading the unit of T-28s, Long Tieng. He was acknowledged even by some Americans for holding the most combat missions at the time of his death. The record of over 5000 has been overcome but some people still remember the Hmong pilot Lee Lue.
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