J. Vinton "Vint" Lawrence (June 25, 1939 – April 9, 2016) was an artist and U.S.

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paramilitary officer from their elite

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. Under the name of "James Vinton", he was stationed in

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

from 1962 to 1966 and had a close relationship with the Hmong leader

Vang Pao Vang Pao ( RPA: ''Vaj Pov'' , Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a Major general in the Royal Lao Army and later a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. Early life Vang, an ethnic Hm ...

in the U.S. war in Southeast Asia. Lawrence's CIA colleague in Laos was the CIA paramilitary expert Anthony Poshepny (aka "Tony Poe"). Lawrence was married to

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reporter Anne Garrels. His letters to her during her time in Baghdad, Iraq, during the 2003 U.S. invasion of that country, are included in her book, ''Naked in Baghdad'' (). He toured with her and shared the podium with her during her book readings. He and his wife received an AudioFile Earphones Award for their narration. An artist by profession, he occasionally wrote about U.S. foreign policy issues. As an illustrator and caricaturist he was regularly employed by ''

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'' and ''

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''. He died on April 9, 2016. Lawrence was the great-grandson of

Charles A. Coffin Charles Albert Coffin (December 31, 1844 – July 14, 1926) was an American businessman who was the co-founder and first president of General Electric corporation. Early life He was born in Fairfield, Maine, the son of Albert Coffin and his wif ...

, cofounder and first president of General Electric corporation.

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* (Not yet utilized) Grant, Zalin. (1991). ''Facing the Phoenix: The CIA and the Political Defeat of the United States in Vietnam'', W W Norton & Co Inc. ISBNs 0393029255, .

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Cambodia and Laos
", ''Vietnam Online'', PBS, March 29, 2005. *David S. Robarge (Reviewer), ''Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby''. John Prados. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003".

, undated, accessed November 2005. *Richard S Ehrlich,

, ''Asia Times Online'', July 8, 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lawrence, J. Vinton 1939 births 2016 deaths People of the Laotian Civil War CIA personnel of the Vietnam War

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