My OG uncle experience:
After the US withdraw. My uncle went back to his village and live with his wife.
He try to live a normal life.
A couple of months goes by, the communist laos came looking for them.
He was arrested along with other hmong ex soldiers and place in “re education camp”
My uncle say its like prison. They tied you up so you can’t escape.
During the day, they would go fill bomb cater and clean up the battlefield trash.
He was in prison for a 1.5 years before they let him go.