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Stories Set in Laos
In mainland Southeast Asia, Laos is a landlocked country of forested mountains and Mekong River valleys, thinly peopled and largely rural. American bombing during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1973 dropped millions of tons of ordnance here, which is why stories set here confront missing pilots, displaced villagers and unexploded danger. Rescue Dawn and Air America sit on its shelf. Open Laos on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Laos on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Laos
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Browse 7 books, 9 movies and 1 game set in Laos.
Rescue Dawn
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
Little Dieter Needs to Fly
In 1966 Dieter Dengler was shot down over Laos captured and down to 85 pounds escaped. Barefoot surviving monsoons leeches and machete-wielding villagers he was rescued. Now near 60 living on Mt. Tamalpais Dengler tells…
The 317th Platoon
In Laos 1954 eight days before the french defeat in the Indochina war the 317th platoon – four french soldiers and 41 laotian combatants – has been ordered to leave its outpost and to retreat for the plains of Diên Biên…
Air America
Air America was the CIA's private airline operating in Laos during the Vietnam War running anything and everything from soldiers to foodstuffs for local villagers. After losing his pilot's license Billy Covington is…
The Rocket
Set against the lush backdrop of rural Laos this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. After his village is displaced to make way for a massive…
A House in the Sky
The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity—an…
River
In the south of Laos an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. When the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River things quickly spiral out of…
A Gracious Enemy 'storytelleruk2019'
The full story of the three Indochina Wars. Including warts and all. The first was the Indochinese People fighting against the French colonists and their suppliers and allies from the USA. The second was the people of…
Blood Road
Blood Road follows the journey of ultra-endurance mountain bike athlete Rebecca Rusch and her Vietnamese riding partner Huyen Nguyen as they pedal 1200 miles along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail through the dense…
Villa Incognito
Imagine there are American MIAs who chose to remain missing after the Vietnam War. Imagine a family in which four generations of strong, alluring women share a mysterious connection to an outlandish figure from Japanese…
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