Photos

All photo submissions from members are gladly welcome. It is recommended that you upload your photos to a photosharing Web site (Picasa, Photobucket, Snapfish, etc.) and send us the link. We will post the photos in this section. Send your link to webmaster@mekongcircle.org

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Photo Essay
08-25-2001: A trip to Laos by Vitoy and Joji Naranjo

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Reunion Photos (submitted by members)

2008, Philippines/Laos
2006, Florida/Bahamas
2004, Chicago
2002, New York City
2000, San Francisco
1998, Los Angeles
1995, Los Angeles

Filipinos in Laos

Released during our 5th reunion, the book is a history describing the non-combat service of more than 900 Filipinos in Laos during the Indochina war years of 1950s to the 1970s can now be ordered.

The 231-page, soft-cover volume has several parts to it -- the 1957-1960 beginnings of Operation Brotherhood in Laos; the events since then up to the termination of its operations in 1975; the exploits of Filipinos who served with Air America, USAID Laos, Bird & Sons, and Continental Air Services.

Also included are chronologies of major events during the 18-year stay (1957-1975) of the Filipinos in the Kingdom. A 12-page index lists all the names -- Filipino, Lao, Americans and Thai mentioned in the book. A selection of black and white photos of Filipinos at work is also in the book.

"Filipinos in Laos" is authored by a Filipino Jesuit, Fr. Miguel Bernad and J. "Pete" Fuentecilla who produced the Mekong Circle reunion newsletters. It is so far the only record in book form of our work in Laos that you can offer to your children, parents and associates who need a full understanding of what we did in our youth in a country they have never heard before.

"Filipinos In Laos" is $20 plus shipping and handling

To order, contact:

Long Dash Books

368 Stratford Road, Brooklyn, New York 11218

T: (718) 940-0450

F: (201) 621-4497

email: longdash@gmail.com

Our book is produced by a "print-on-demand" technology. The printer can turn out bound, softcover copies in any number of copies you want, including just one copy. Price is $20 (excluding shipping). Five dollars is set aside as donation to Mekong Circle.

For more information on the book, e-mail Pete Fuentecilla or call (718) 468-3038.

Members may also contact any member of the Mekong Circle Board of Directors for information on how to obtain your copy of this book.