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Operation Brotherhood was a group that, for lack of a better explanation, was a type of Peace Corps that worked in Laos from 1956-75. The group consisted mostly of college-aged Filipino men and women -- including my parents. It is this group that I plan to research during my fellowship and hopefully write a book about. Growing up, I had only cursory knowledge of this group. My parents and their circle of friends always were very tight and I knew that they all had been in Laos and worked with the Laotian people, but for whatever reason, I never truly made an effort to understand exactly how much they were affected by their experiences. Then in 1998, I attended a reunion of Operation Brotherhood and its encompassing group, Mekong Circle International, and made the effort to connect with them. Interacting with everyone and listening to their stories, I began to realize just how much all of their lives were shaped by their experiences in Laos, and it made me want to tell the story of Operation Brotherhood.

Operation Brotherhood

Operation Brotherhood was a group that, for lack of a better explanation, was a type of Peace Corps that worked in Laos from 1956-75. The group consisted mostly of college-aged Filipino men and women -- including my parents. It is this group that I plan to research during my fellowship and hopefully write a book about. Growing up, I had only cursory knowledge of this group. My parents and their circle of friends always were very tight and I knew that they all had been in Laos and worked with the Laotian people, but for whatever reason, I never truly made an effort to understand exactly how much they were affected by their experiences. Then in 1998, I attended a reunion of Operation Brotherhood and its encompassing group, Mekong Circle International, and made the effort to connect with them. Interacting with everyone and listening to their stories, I began to realize just how much all of their lives were shaped by their experiences in Laos, and it made me want to tell the story of Operation Brotherhood.

If you were part of Operation Brotherhood or the Mekong Circle and are visiting this site, I want to hear from you. I plan on sending out letters to as many people as I can in search of stories, documents, pictures and other materials for possible inclusion in the book I hope to write, but please do not hesitate to e-mail me now, just click the icon below. I will get in touch with you just as soon as I can. Thank you!

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