A UXO victim is showing his prosthetic leg in his hospital room at The National Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane Laos.
A 55-year-old ethnic Hmong and former Royal Lao Army (RLA) soldier from Xieng Khoaung (Xiang Khuang, Phonsavan) Laos, displays his antiquated prosthetic device in his dilapidated living quarters at The National Rehabilitation Center in Vientiane Laos. He was among the Hmong guerrillas who fought against Pathet Lao forces in northeastern Laos in conjunction with American B-52 bombers, who attacked from the sky. The war is known as "The Secret War".
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Location: National Rehabilitation Center, Vientiane, Laos
Photo credit: © John Brown / Alamy / Afripics
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