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Earlier in the year Thailand also sent a Vietnamese Montagnard activist back to Vietnam.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025

The three Green Berets and nine Montagnard tribesmen ended up at the doorstep of a large enemy headquarters, which may have held hundreds of soldiers.

From Washington Post • Nov. 11, 2020

Or civilian and official Mike Benge, from Heppner, Ore., an expert on Montagnard affairs, who disappeared into Viet Cong captivity in the Central Highlands.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2018

BANGKOK, Thailand — During the Vietnam War, Kanh Kpa’s indigenous Montagnard relatives fought alongside US Army Special Forces in Vietnam’s remote Central Highlands, where the mostly Christian tribesmen gained a reputation as fierce and loyal allies.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2015

Maybe up in one of the high mountain villes, maybe with the Montagnard tribes.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien