Saturday, 11 September 2010

Hellish life before the KR Apocalypse - Do you still remember?


31 Mar 1975, Prek Phnov, Cambodia --- 3/31/1975- Prek Phnou, Cambodia- Young Cambodian girls take up defensive positions in home at Prek Phnou, some 6 miles north of Phnom Penh's Higway 5. Meanwhile, government sources said 3/31 that President Lon Nol will leave Cambodia sometime this week, probably for good. Heavy shelling attacks were reported at the Mekong River enclave of Neak Luong and nearby outpost at Banam, 130 miles south of Phnom Penh. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS
31 Mar 1975, Prek Phnov, Cambodia --- Prek Phnau, Cambodia: Homeless Cambodian orphans sit idle while waiting for their turn to receive a bowl of cooked-rice at a refugee camp here 6 miles north of the Cambodian capital March 31. The American airlift of good and other supplies continue to operate despite pre-dawn rocket attacks by the communists at the airport. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS
29 Mar 1975, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Cambodian Refugee. Phnom Penh, Cambodia: President Ford sent White House photographer David Hume Kennerly to Vietnam and Cambodia to assess the situation and take pictures of what he saw. The White House released pictures of Cambodian refugees, April 6. Taken March 29, 1975, a Cambodian girl waits in a refugee center, wearing a dog-tag as a trinket. March 29, 1975. --- Image by David Kennerly/CORBIS
29 Mar 1975, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Phnom Penh, Cambodia: President Ford sent his personal photographer, David Hume Kennerly, to Vietnam and Cambodia to assess the situation. The White House released pictures, April 6, of what he saw. Here is a Cambodian child suffering from malnutrition in a Phnom Penh hospital, March 29. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS
3/26/1975-Phnom Penh, Cambodia- A badly wounded mother, hurt in rebel rocket attack, continues to nurse her baby while being evacuated aboard Navy boat from Vhang War Island in Mekong River. Communist-led rebels captured a strategic stretch of riverfront two miles north of Phnom Penh 3/26, advancing the closest ever to the Cambodian capital. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS
08 Apr 1975, Prek Phnov, Cambodia --- Much Needed Food. Prek Phnau, Cambodia: Children in this war-torn country reach out for their portion of rice from Red Cross worker here some 3.6 miles from the capital. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS
4/2/75-Phnom Penh, Cambodia: A woman holds her child, who was wounded during a rocket attack on Phnom Penh by communist-led insurgents March 24. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS
April 1975, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Cambodian Child in Wheelbarrow --- Image by Francoise de Mulder/CORBIS

Touring the crocodiles pond - 1970 vintage

25 May 1970, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi, North Vietnam: A fifteen member delegation of the National United Government of royal Kampuchea arrived in Hanoi. From left: North Vietnamese premier Pham Van Dong; royal Kampuchea's Premier Penn Nouth; North Vietnamese president Ton Duc Thang; and Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Kampuchea inspect the honor guard upon arrival. --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS
25 May 1970, Hanoi, North Vietnam --- Hanoi, North Vietnam: Prince Norodom Sihanouk waves his hand during his arrival in Hanoi. At his right is North Vietnamese premier Pham Van Dong. Also seen is Premier Penn Nouth and North Vietnamese defense minister Vo Nguyen Giap (wearing helmet). --- Image by Bettmann/CORBIS

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