Praying for Salvation

Moua Toua Ther
PHOTOGRAPH FOR TIME BY PHILIP BLENKINSOP/AGENCE VU

Catching Up On Sleep Moua Toua Ther, commander of the poorly-armed Hmong militia group, dozes in a hammock at their camp deep in the jungles of northern Laos. In 1975, when the Pathet Lao took power, his group numbered about 7,000. Today there are only 800 left

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