BIBFRAME Work

Title

Soutchay Vongsavanh interview conducted by Susan Caolo, 2022

Type

• Mixed Material
• Collection

Contribution

• Caolo, Susan Boot (interviewer)
• Vongsavanh, Soutchay (interviewee)

Subject

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans (LCSH)
• Laotians (LCSH)
• United States. Army (LCNAF)
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Laos (LCSH)
• United States. Central Intelligence Agency (LCNAF)
• Military intelligence (LCSH)
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 (LCSH)
• Laos. Royal Lao Army (LCNAF)
• Military assistance, American--Laos (LCSH)
• Vongsavanh, Soutchay--interviews (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Personal narratives (LCGFT)
• Oral histories (LCGFT)
• Personal narratives, Laotian
• Video recordings (LCGFT)
• Sound recordings (LCGFT)
• Interviews (LCGFT)
• Photographs (GMGPC)

Language

• English
• Lao

Content

• spoken word

Note

In Lao and English.

Summary

The Vongsavanh collection contains a photograph and recordings of a 2022 interview with Vongsavanh documenting his training and service in the Lao Special Guerrilla during the "Secret War." During the interview he discusses serving in the Royal Lao Army, training in the US and Savannakhet, Laos, commanding mobile group ("GM") 16, being chief of staff of the Special Guerrilla Units, becoming Brigadier General of military region 4, combat on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and Bolaven plateau in southern Laos, intelligence gathering, and escaping to Thailand.

Authorized Access Point

Vongsavanh, Soutchay. Soutchay Vongsavanh interview conducted by Susan Caolo, 2022

Capture

Recorded in Marietta, Georgia in 2022.

Geographic Coverage

• Laos
• United States
• a-vn

Temporal coverage

2022

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:14:20.794314+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23859936

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc