My Wife's Father Was a Communist General.. AND WAS SHOT! | Big Loop Tour E14

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

Sorry I don't understand. Was the general hunted down or was it in combat ? Did he had to hide his rank ? How young/old was your wife in that time ? May his soul may rest in peace forever 🙏🏻

[@NowinLao]

Hey Alfa.. It was in combat skirmishes on 21st Dec 1960, Neenee was born 1970. After being shot with the help of this gentleman in the video and others he was carried back across the river to the Pathet Lao base closer to Bualapha. It was for his leadership and bravery he was promoted and charged with keeping the trail open.. " The Ho Chi Minh Trail did not comprise of just one trail. It consisted of over 12,000 miles of trails. Between 1959 and 1975, over two million soldiers from the Northern Communist government traversed it. "

[@jordiking2481]

Thank you Nee Nee... for sharing your Dad's story....❤❤...

[@donaldthomas7753]

I got a little emotional when I heard the stories of the war and especially at the end with Nene's fathers' memorial. You mentioned the children and how at one time Mina was once like them. Thank you, Todd, for the wonderful history, the great black and white photos and helping people. Big Loop Tour E14 done, see you all on Big Loop Tour E15.

[@abletrade106]

😢 50 years later . the people have little & thankful for used clothes 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@ewengillies9826]

The stories of those past wars compared to what we're seeing today .. my gosh we've learnt nothing. A most interesting vlog thanks Todd and Neenee. Much respect to those villagers. Bushyboy Oz.

[@Shrimp467]

Todd, I’m a fan of your channel and thanks for sharing your wife’s dad story_ I was a 10 years old Hmong kid back in the 70’s -- the Royal Lao government, supported by the United States, with CIA working with the Hmong who fought Pathet Lao insurgents, supported by the Communists in neighboring North Vietnam with their leader Prince Souphanouvong The Hmong was caught in between the Lao Royal family’s conflict in the civil war under The CIA who hired General Vang Pao to lead the Hmong. Bloody war and many folks die on both sides

[@NowinLao]

@@Shrimp467 Something I never learned until our trip to Vieng Xai caves in Huapahn a few years back.. the Hmong were divided, many fought for the Pathet Lao also.

[@allanmcwilliam3377]

Wow such a powerful blog, I struggle to comprehend being bombed every 8 minutes. Respectfully done Todd you done Neenee proud. Keep up the astounding work. From a freezing 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@graemeaylward8313]

Todd and NeeNee, what an emotional and fascinating insight into more of the Laos war and the part that NeeNee's father played in it. How amazing is that to meet with men who fought alongside her father to shape the country into what it is today. Very different and desperate times then, and yet this area still has so much poverty. I am so happy for NeeNee that she can add more to her family history. The Young girl from the village, who guided you was certainly a big help in finding the poor and the sick and clearly a big hit with Mina. Interesting about the dwarf cattle, clearly some genetic reason for it. Thank you once more for all that the three of you do and for your production of these vlogs to share with us. I really do appreciate it. God bless you all, always 😀❤🙏

[@Vinnie101a]

Thanks Todd, Neenee and Mina for this very emotional episode. The people are amazing.

[@Yvonmoua]

Your wife is a smarter lady, she chose the good life with you Todd.

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

AWESOME EPISODE !!!

[@AnneMareeDonoghue]

Nee nee thanks for sharing. You are a wonderful caring person. Thanks to you, Todd and Mina for helping these poor people.

[@NowinLao]

@@AnneMareeDonoghue A HUGE thank you to you also Anne-Maree for the endless supply of quality children's clothing. You help so much 💚

[@mike.29]

What a great video,I always like learning history from the people who were there

[@nevillelomas6368]

Hi Todd, great for NeeNee to get more information about her father. That was great to see . Take care Nev

[@daddybob6096]

Sincere condolences to NeeNee.❤ Bob and Lina.

[@pakc6949]

Thank Todd and Nee Nee. This was an emotional video. I am a Lao American and a product of that war. All that you do through your videos helps many people like understand and be more in touch with our birth country. ❤️🙏

[@AutumninAsia]

Very informative. Thank both of you !!!

[@Get-A-Life]

Great vid Todd Makes me sad to be an Aussie associated with our American allies. I was in the Navy for 23yrs and I'm embarrassed how quickly the Aussie Defence Force jumps on the US bandwagon to help fight wars which are none of fkn business! The knee-jerk reaction of the US in the late 60s to stop a non existent communist threat is deplorable. Great job with the ongoing donations mate, fkn legend! Cheers Simon

[@teoschatz8430]

🤗🙏! Thank you Neenee, and Todd for sharing your personal, and emotional story with us. Take care ❤

[@lesleyculley9682]

Big hugs for Neenee ❤❤

[@mtnmandeluxe5429]

WOW !!! just WOW !!! Excellent video brother Todd,,you've shared most of this story before,,but this was more detailed. Thank you. I dont know how Neenee kept it together so well. I'd have been bawling my eyes out. Rediscovering family history is a tearjerker for me. What a blessing for Neenee to meet those old men. An ultimate trip,,,if she is strong enough to handle it,,would be to take Grandma up there to talk to those guys. To see the area where the General was wounded is amazing. Mina's friend was a sweet,kind woman. Cool to see the rapport build between those 2 so quickly. I've never seen a bull like that,,bigger than miniature cows,,of which there is a genetic breed. We had our 1st snow of the year last night,,and my puppy,,that's up to 85 lbs now got to experience it for the 1st time,,,flying all over ,,rolling around,,eating snow until he puked😂😅. Was fun to watch.thank you and Neenee and Mina for making this video. Nice to see my niece becoming more interactive with the kids and other adults at a giveaway stop. Just a bit of growing up I guess ❤❤❤❤❤ I dont know if I mentioned it,,but Dad had foot surgery 2 weeks ago. He came thru with flying colors for an 89 year old. Already feels more like walking. He loves history as much as I do ( wonder where I got that 😂😅 ) so I'll make sure he watches this video. You guys take care of yourselves. Ttyl,,,Marlon

[@NowinLao]

@@mtnmandeluxe5429 Thank you Marlon. Great to hear your dad's doing great. Yes, it would be nice but unfortunately Neenee's mother is too frail now and these roads, way too long and extreme for her health. Next stop is Neenee's mother and father's home villages. Take care brother 💚

[@MichaelHarbone]

Amazing stories, appreciate you going to this area to hear more about this. And that fella is 80. He looks good for the age. Good food and strong!

[@JoanDooley-w3j]

Thank you so much, Todd and Neenee, for sharing this story of Neenee'a Dad. Very emotional. Hugs and love to Neenee the Brave ❤❤❤

[@paulwooster3590]

Amazing thank you so much for sharing. Very emotional. Stunning photos as per the norm. Onya!!

[@NowinLao]

Onya Sonya! 😆👍 Cheers

[@rdc5182]

Thank you for your generosity. Respectfully

[@lesleyculley9682]

Neenee, place right hand onto left shoulder .....place left hand onto right shoulder......that's me giving you a big hug ❤

[@brucesieverts1236]

Thank you for sharing your story née nee , like many other people it's the first hand experience that gives it so much emotion . The memories will live on forever.

[@davesbikelife]

Great stuff buddy! I think I remember you mentioned it before in a video about the war story. Very interesting. Great stuff buddy 👏🏽🙏🏽🤘🏽🇬🇧

[@liamluangrath6280]

Very interesting in learning about different stories from the past and from the elderly. Thanks

[@tommynickxaisongkham]

I salute u Todd thanks

[@montukey161]

In 1970, I was still in High School and joining antiwar marches in Washington DC. Thanks for sharing.

[@micklong8867]

Thanks Todd and nene for a good video buddy and nena 😊cheers 🍻 3:41

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

The war was such a tragedy for the people of Lao. And for Neenee to lose her dad for a war that made absolutely no sense. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Neenee🙏🙏 Jim and Harriet

[@NowinLao]

Hi Jim.. His injuries never killed him.. he survived by the help of this gentleman and a few others dragging him back across the river. He lived to become the Minister of Forestry and Agriculture, passing away in 2002. Thank you 🙏

[@kateg1137]

Really interesting video. Would like to know more

[@LonglingEriksen]

You are good people ♥ Made me happy and sad at the same time.

[@richardjackson6922]

Powerful story! It is always good to tell them on both sides so that we can learn what life was like on both sides. Perhaps better decisions can be made learning from people that had to do their duty at the time past and present?

[@stevemurnane1892]

My grand parents didn't have a TV either. Kero lights and candles. Dad was one of seventeen! Let's hope that war does not find that region ever again. Such nice people.

[@tomhorn6156]

Thanks Tod.

[@bobwelo]

Good video today.

[@georgecowart5348]

best yet. Neenee you are a beautiful woman thankyou for sharing.

[@jakesaen7263]

Thank you euy Nee Nee for sharing her father story i remember the war sad lots ppls die n Mr. Tod Thank you for great video n god bless you guys for giving clothes to all the all the childrens.🙏🙏🙏

[@scotbownes5627]

Love it 🙏🙂

[@BounlevaSenesomboun-hu2tj]

Thanks for the history yes some were shot some was put in jail hard labor

[@krisbrand354]

Most of them old enough fought. More like guerilla armies. Alot of Laos guys in Adelaide I know all fought as children.

[@tyronelowe7090]

What are you trying to say? Fought as children? The women and children were massacred by western armies? It was raining bombs in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

[@alphabeta4275]

Todd & Co, thankyou for this amazing video. Makes my head spin thinking about it.... so Nene's dad was communist Pathet Laos, aligned with North Vietnamese PAVN, Viet Cong, China/Russia...... fighting Royal Laos, South Vietnam, Royal Thai, USA/Australia, Hmong, etc. Mind boggling. Just goes to show, at the end of the day, war is idiotic and disgusting and the people, the average person on the street, are the ones that suffer the most. Not just bombs, but the USA also dropped millions of tons of Agent Orange in that exact area.... perhaps miniature cows a legacy of that!! ❤ to you all.

[@NowinLao]

@@alphabeta4275 Thank you. Please note.. Not all Hmong fought against the Pathet Lao, the Hmong we're divided, many fought against the Royal Army alongside the Pathet Lao also.

[@rryder994]

Good to find out information about your family.. Na is a pretty young girl, makes me wish I was 50 years younger..hahaha

[@jamespunch8049]

Todd, I have always found that [so called] black and white gives a lot of character to a photograph.

[@kevinburke8349]

Wow I never guessed nee nee father

[@sapawarrior9247]

I had family in Loas was in the army at that time

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

... on which side ?

[@davidh1927]

Wow! So very interesting.....You know Neenee has a way about her, the way she presents herself , that suggests she is not your average Laotian. Generals daughter, cool.

[@koolbugz]

i worked on this old man safe his name was hanson special forces operation detachment A-323 i have a picture of a picture where he was with john wayne the movie star. says Camp Trail Bl. Republic of Vietnam June 1966. he is SFC Hanson also with him is SFC counts, ILT chirico, SFC kaufman, SSG Etler. and 4 others. anyway the point is he was in Laos behind enemy lines. carrying backpack sized nuclear bombs. said it took 2 people to set them off. Also said one of the first men he ever killed was a high ranked man with a shotgun. i think the backpack bombs were for a landing strip. he said that people dont believe in the backpack nuclear bombs but he knows they exist cause he carried the damn thing forever thru the jungle.

[@VernonGardner-s6n]

Sorry on a different subject , what currency , kip or baht can you transfer to a Laos Bank. I wish to transfer money to a friend who works in Bangkok but unable to get Thai Bank account ( preferably Thai Baht as it is a more stable currency )

[@NowinLao]

Thai baht.. pretty sure you can't transfer kip from outside the country

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

AMOR VINCIT OMNIA 🎀❤🎀

[@lmapicas3279]

I now know where they get short ribs from but damn that cow looked bloody odd

[@NowinLao]

Pretty sure it was an extra in M.I.B

[@Wapiman]

Everybody look at what was going down.

[@stevemurnane1892]

There's something happening over there........ 🎼 🎶🎶🎶🎵

[@ThePonderosa72]

Sending ❤

[@BadMedizin]

❤👍👍👍🙏

[@_Alfa.Bravo_]

7:29 ... inside the red triangle ... Todd , your future red t-shirt should be in which size, please ? L or XL ?

[@NowinLao]

If we're talking western sizes, 'L' is plenty. Much appreciated mate 🙏

[@meksavanhmanivong2493]

❤

[@wayneleader2364]

❤👍👍🙏🙏🙏🇱🇦

[@scotbownes5627]

We can buy mini cows her in Canada - they are very expensive 😁

[@adriancoates3455]

😥

[@SteveSmith-zz4ih]

Sad story with Nee Nees dad, i wonder with all the bombing, there must be residual chemicals in the soil, i wonder if that affected the cattle's limb growth, i am so glad he doesn't have to walk over low lying Cactus/prickles, otherwise he would have tears from the "googlies" (gonads) getting spiked

[@johnweeks-y2i]

🙏

[@roysmythe3760]

❤❤❤

[@z3nn0s33]

I’m not mad at her father to join the communist Lao patiet, either join or die they say, but really evil things happened

[@BobMelsimpleliving.]

Todd Halloween is over you scaring the crap out of the little boys. I was in Vietnam 1968-1969. Not a pleasant place to be then. I was part of a medical team. We treated everyone.

[@NowinLao]

Nicely put.. Thank you Bob for the part you played 🙏

[@rodolfopalma2973]

Nene is simple woman but every body of the place where she grow up know about here family and local people are respected her and here father nene someday is enter in politics she have chance to be

[@agentmmarts3059]

Todd's donations is technical mini Reparations for the misery his brothers of the West joint cause this innocent Nation. Africa too went through this troma. The same people who cause misery and hardship come back to teach us about Human rights and democracy. What a fallacy.

[@jimwells8001]

had enough of you comrad. 👎

[@NowinLao]

Thank you for being so understanding. You could learn a lot from the people of Laos.

[@jimwells8001]

@@NowinLao like what how to live in poverty?

[@leebickham3996]

@@jimwells8001 i can think of one thing they could teach you

[@williammckeon6521]

@@jimwells8001 They fought for free against the Yanks that tried to bomb their country out of existence, like the Vietnamese they succeeded. If you can't appreciate the bravery of these people, you'll never understand what honour is.

[@hanslund2280]

Dogpiss, doesn't harm a solid oaktree... Keep those Videos coming.

[@jovmil9175]

i been more than dozen of times to Laos in past 8 years, roughly twice a year, and i just crossed to Nong Khai , and it's nothing about Laos. its about you, and thankfully to your wannabe thrilling title I UNSUSCRIBED .... in General boring A/F

[@NowinLao]

..and yet, this is your one and only other comment on this channel "..BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO BEERLAO.. " That says more about you rather than my channel and explains why you don't understand titles. 👋