<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: UMajor General Richard Vernon Secord, Retired owazalwa ngoJulayi 6, 1932, uyisikhulu se-United States Air Force esinomsebenzi ophawulekayo emisebenzini eyimfihlo. Ekuqaleni kwenkonzo yakhe yezempi, wayeyilungu leqembu lokuqala lezindiza laseMelika elithunyelwe eMpini yaseVietnam ngo-Agasti 1961, Operation Farm Gate. USecord wasuka eVietnam ngo-1965 ukuze ayofunda e-Air Command and Staff College. Ngemva kwalokho, wabuyela eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, wathunyelwa e-Central Intelligence Agency ukuba ayosebenza e-  <response>: Impi Eyimfihlo eLaos. Ngesikhathi eseLaos, wayephethe ezenzweni eziningana zempi eziphawulekayo. Eyokuqala kwakuyi-Battle of Lima Site 85. Omunye wayewukuphela kwesiboshwa sempi esaphunyuka ngokuphumelelayo eMpini YaseVietnam. Kokubili lokhu kwenzeka ngenxa yemithwalo yakhe yemfanelo yokuqondisa imisebenzi yeRoyal Lao Air Force, i-Air America, kanye ne-Raven FACs. 