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    Phou Pha Thi (Phathi) is a "sacred mountain" in Laos "believed...inhabited by great "phi", or spirits and used for the clandestine Lima Site 85 military...
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    The Battle of Lima Site 85, also called Battle of Phou Pha Thi, was fought as part of a military campaign waged during the Vietnam War and Laotian Civil...
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    approaching Phou Pha Thi. Road construction activities were observed along Routes 6 and 19, which connected Dien Bien Phu in North Vietnam with Phou Pha Thi and...
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    People's Air Force attacked Lima Site 85 atop a craggy peak known as Phou Pha Thi. An Air America Bell 205 helicopter, which had taken off to avoid air-dropped...
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  • Nevertheless, the Hmong assault against communists on the mountain of Phou Pha Thi nearly carried the position in mid-December. However, a communist night...
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  • that this aircraft was used in the attack on a secret US radar site at Phou Pha Thi (Battle of Lima Site 85) Bell UH-1 Iroquois H model Cessna A-37 Dragonfly...
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    Army Radio and Television Border Patrol Police Thahan Phran Battle of Phou Pha Thi, (Northeastern Laos, March 1968) covert Border Patrol "volunteers" Thai–Laotian...
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    peak Grimes, Richard (2002). "TRN-17 TACAN installation, Lima Site 85, Phou Pha Thi, Laos" (Vietnam War anecdotes). LimaSite85.com. Archived from the original...
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    to Guam. (message 23682) "An/MSQ-77". "Installation of the TSQ-81 at Phou Pha Thi". LimaSite85.us. 2002. Retrieved 2012-07-01. Steeves, Mike. "OL-27, Nakhon...
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    Battle of Lima Site 85 was a battle for control of a secret radar site at Phou Pha Thi, Laos. The U.S. lost 13 killed and the RLA and Thai forces lost 42 killed...
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  • Sergeant USAF 1043rd Radar Evacuation Squadron Battle of Lima Site 85 Laos, Phou Pha Thi Disappeared during the battle Killed in action, body not recovered March...
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    TACAN units began to be emplaced within Laos. Lima Site 85 was sited on Phou Pha Thi, Laos, in the Annamese Cordillera with its beamed pointing over the nearby...
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  • Viengxay caves, the Nam Et National Biodiversity Conservation Area, and Phou Pha Thi mountain, site of the Secret War Battle of Lima Site 85 (LS-85) 11 March...
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    Pennsylvania, US Died March 11, 1968(1968-03-11) (aged 35) Lima Site 85, Phou Pha Thi, Houaphanh Province, Laos Place of burial Saint Johns Cemetery, Hamburg...
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    the enlarged war was the siting of Lima Site 85 on a mountaintop at Phou Pha Thi, Laos. This clandestine guidance radar facility was proposed at a mid-1967...
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  • Retrieved 2012-11-01. From November 1967 to March 1968, controllers at Phou Pha Thi directed nearly a hundred "Commando Club" missions (about five hundred...
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  • running west to east along the axis Muong Sing – Muong Sai – Nam Bac – Phou Pha Thi. The position paper cautioned, "Refrain from actions which could provoke...
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  • long lóŋ ມາ ma máː ຈາກ chak t͡ɕàːk ພູ phou pʰúː ແລ້ວ laew lɛ̂ːw] ແບ້ ລົງ ມາ ຈາກ ພູ ແລ້ວ bae long ma chak phou laew [bɛ̂ː lóŋ máː t͡ɕàːk pʰúː lɛ̂ːw] 'The...
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  • Activities Division and was assigned to command a remote outpost at Phou Pha Thi's Lima Site 85 north of the CIA base at Long Tieng, Laos where the US...
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  • 658°N 105.561°E / 16.658; 105.561 LS69 Ban Xieng Lom 1,900 ft LS85 Phou Pha Thi 4,500 ft 20°26′17″N 103°43′16″E / 20.4381°N 103.7212°E / 20.4381;...
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  • co-opted into regular service. In Military Region 2, they were stationed at Phou Pha Thi as defensive light infantry to guard Lima Site 85 and took part in the...
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    of Lao script. Isan or Northeastern Thai (autonym: ภาษาลาว/ພາສາລາວ, IPA: [pʰáː.sǎː láːw]; Thai: ภาษาอีสาน RTGS: Phasa Isan) refers to the local development...
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  • 850 m (9,350 ft)  Indonesia * Mount Patah 2,850 m (9,350 ft)  Indonesia * Phou Bia 2,819 m (9,249 ft)  Laos * Mount Pungongesong 2,819 m (9,249 ft)  Indonesia...
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  • po por poo poh pʰuo pou ㄆㄡ pou pʻou pou pou p'eou pou pou pour poou pow pʰou pu ㄆㄨ pu pʻu pu pu p'ou pu pu pwu puu puh pʰu qi ㄑㄧ ci chʻi chi chi k'i tji...
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    Heavy fighting continued on Skyline Ridge in Laos and the RLA abandoned Phou Khoun northwest of Long Tieng, however Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma said...
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  • Luang Prabang (Luang Prabang Night Market) (Overnight Rest) Luang Prabang (Phou Si) Luang Prabang Province (Ban Chan Pottery Village or Ban Xang Khong) Xiangkhoang...
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