Hog’s Exit: Jerry Daniels, the Hmong, and the CIA

Illustrations, Maps

|| ix Illustrations Diagram of the apartment of Jerry Daniels 17 Xuwicha “Noi” Hiranprueck and Mike Eiland make merit offerings 24 Flower arrangements and a photograph of Jerry Daniels 30 Perimeter trench at Lima Site 36 36 Captain Ray, Jerry Daniels, and Mike Lynch at Moung Hiem 38 Jerry Daniels and Mike Lynch at abandoned French outpost 38 Jerry Daniels shaving 41 Caribou and Pilatus Porter at Lima Site 36 47 Jerry Daniels and the inflatable woman 49 Hog Daniels and Hmong forces during attack by enemy troops 51 Hog Daniels sharing a meal with Hmong soldiers 53 Daniels brothers with mother Louise Daniels at their father’s funeral 62 Cha Moua hiking at Jocko Lake 66 Former smokejumpers who trained Thai PARU 71 Long Cheng valley and airbase 72 Long Cheng, headquarters of SGU Army and CIA operations 73 Thai PARU Nob Intrachat 77 Hog Daniels and General Vang Pao overlooking a battlefield 80 Hog Daniels with General Vang Pao and soldiers 83 Vang Pao inspecting an 81mm mortar 86 Cargo drop over northern Laos 88 Lieutenant Colonel Vang Geu prepares Regiment 21 89 At a restaurant during the funeral for Jerry Daniels in Missoula 103 Abramowitz letter of condolence 109 Hog Daniels and Mr. Clean (Burr Smith) 114 Watching a bullfight at Hmong new year 115 Two Hmong girls at new year 116 Sky Compound at Long Cheng 120 Final Air Evacuation of Long Cheng 125 Traditional Hmong funeral drum 145 “Glassman” Yang See 147 JVA interview team and Hmong interpreters 151 x || Illustrations Jerry Daniels on “Himalayan adventure” 154 Jerry Daniels reviewing interview files 157 Daniels talks with Thai boys 160 Hmong girls on their way to school at Ban Vinai 162 Midwest representatives and others 173 Blackfoot Valley 182 Khoua Ker Xiong 187 Jerry Daniels and Kent Daniels with young sparrow hawks 191 Louise Daniels with the family’s woody 192 Daniels brothers show off their fishing catches 193 Jerry and Kent Daniels experience their first winter in Helmville, Montana 194 Ronald L. “Bob” Daniels 195 Jerry Daniels at about twelve years old 196 University of Montana in Missoula 201 College graduation party held by Jerry Daniels at Nine Mile 203 Daniels fishing at Clark Canyon Dam 205 Hunting trip in eastern Montana 207 Daniels scuba diving 209 Daniels ponders the cooler and sandwich supplies 211 Jerry Daniels and Toby Scott in Sonoita, Mexico 219 Shep Johnson and Jerry Daniels at Long Cheng rodeo 220 Daniels bull riding at Hmong new year 221 Wang L. Xiong blows the Hmong kheng 228 Nhia “Judy” Vang at Pha Phai 232 The Oxford Saloon & Cafe in Missoula 236 The Flame Lounge as it appeared in the 1960s 240 Smokejumpers loading into a DC-3 airplane 243 Gila National Forest smokejumpers, pilots, and staff 245 Chris Christensen, Jerry Daniels, and Glenn Hale 247 Two smokejumpers descend into tall timber 249 Fire equipment and supplies 250 A smokejumper lowers himself to the ground 253 Richard “Paperlegs Pete” Peterson, Miles Johnson, and Thomas “Shep” Johnson 256 Edgar “Pop” Buell, Sergeant Sun, Captain Decha, and Jack Cahill 259 Two CIA case officers at Long Cheng 260 Illustrations || xi Daniels on R and R in New Zealand 263 Louise Daniels and Tsucheng Vang 272 Mrs. Xia Thao Vang, Louise Daniels, Neng Vue, and General Vang Pao 276 Bundles of spirit money 278 Area near gold mine property of Jerry Daniels 280 Jerry Daniels and T. J. Thompson at Intermountain Aviation 284 Jerry Daniels and Ted O. “Little O” Lympus in Nogales, Mexico 289 Intermountain and Navy flight crews for Skyhook operation 291 Jerry Daniels securing lift line 292 Toby Scott shoulders his pack 295 Daniels with his nanny goat in the Bob Marshall Wilderness 296 Jerry Daniels and Toby Scott with Canada geese 297 Passport photo of Jerry Daniels, 1970s 300 Daniels game hunting 302 Jerry Daniels and girlfriend Sharon 304 Daniels with two “Mack” trout 306 Daniels gathering wood for the campsite 311 Daniels fishing at Clark Canyon Dam 319 Louise Daniels and Jerry Daniels leave General Vang Pao’s house 322 Colonel Moua Sue and Jerry Daniels in Ban Vinai refugee camp 326 Louise Daniels with her mother at the Statue of Liberty 334 Louise Daniels downs an antelope 336 CIA Medal for Distinguished Service 342 CIA Medal for Merit 343 CIA Medal for Valor 343 Louise Daniels on the balcony of Colonel Moua Sue’s house 344 Smokejumpers, government representatives, and...