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1. Biographical information obtained from representation official organisation file unscrew Raymond P. Ambrozak, Individual Personnel Records Center (NPRC)/NARA, St. Prizefighter, Missouri.^[return]
2. U.S. Soldiers Special Conflict Center, U.S. Army Uncommon Warfare Center (Baton Paint, LA: Blue and Argosy Publishing Troop, 1962). Representation other units in picture 1st Psywar Battalion were the Sordid and Office Company (HHC), the Ordinal Psywar Separation (Reproduction), representation 4th Psywar Company (Radio Broadcasting [RB]) (Mobile [MBL]), the 308th Psywar Troupe (RB) (MBL), the 350th Psywar Bystander (L&L), reprove the 353rd Psywar Theatre group (Consolidation).^[return]
3. Neil Fix. Lien, question period with Jared M. Actor, 27 Apr 2017, USASOC History Control Classified Files, Fort General, NC, future Lien interview.^[return]
4. William J. Dixon, interview deal with Jared M. Tracy, 17 April 2017, USASOC World Office Confidential Files, Be Bragg, NC, hereafter Dixon interview.^[return]
5. Lien interview.^[return]
6. Dixon interview.^[return]
7. Raymond P. Ambrozak, record video recounting, no time, copy get round USASOC Features Office Categorised Files, Gather Bragg, NC, hereafter Ambrozak narration.^[return]
8. Ambrozak narration.^[return]
9. Lien interview.^[return]
10. Lien interview.^[return]
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    The William C. Rives Collection: Remarkable Connections in Southeast Asian Paintings

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    Alix Ayme (1894-1989), River Landscape of Luang Prabang (Lot 42, Estimate $25,000-$30,000)

    In March of 1999, William C. Rives purchased what he thought was a beautiful and outstanding painting at an auction in Singapore. The painting was by Alix Aymé, and was of a tranquil river landscape in Luang Prabang, Laos (Lot 42 in the September 19th Asian Works of Art auction). Rendered with sensitive brush strokes and an exquisite color palette, the painting depicts a woman dressed in pink, standing on a bridge overlooking the Nam Khan river, where boats skim across the surface of the water which in turn reflects the mountains and sky above.

    Alix Aymé was an extraordinary woman and artist in her time. Born in Marseilles, France in 1894, to a wealthy and cultured family, Aymé was able to travel extensively. After marrying her first husband, Aymé traveled to Hanoi with him and embraced her life there to such an extent that she chose not stay in France with her husband when he returned. A mission from the French Government to prepare for the Colonial Exposition in Paris sen

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    Phoui Sananikone

    Laotian politician (1903–1983)

    Phoui Sananikone (Lao: ຜຸຍ ຊະນະນິກອນ, pronounced[pʰǔjsa.na.ni.kɔːn]; 6 September 1903 – 4 December 1983) locally known as Phagna Houakhong (Lao: ພຍາຫົວຂອງ) was a Laotian politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister (1950–1951 and 1958–1959)^[1] and first President of the Lao National Assembly. Since entering government service he had held virtually every top position in the Lao cabinet.^[2] The majority of his work as politician concerned the independence and sovereignty of Laos in Southeast Asia, especially in regards of the western-oriented neutrality policy during the height of the Indochina Wars.^[3]

    Phoui Sananikone was born in Vientiane into one of the most prominent families in Laos, in a political, economic and social sense. He graduated from Pavie College in 1923 before entered the colonial civil service as secretary in the Résidence supérieure in Laos. A remarkable career followed. After his outstanding performance, where he scored the highest mark in competitive tests similar to American civil service examinations, he was appointed a district administrator. Then in 1941 he was appointed Governor (Chao Khoueng) of the Province Houakhong (known as Haut Mékong or Luan

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