IF you really want to understand the true cost to the world for the victory of the North
Vietnamese and the American war protestors like Hanoi Jane and John F. Kerry. IF you really want to see what they won
and what humanity lost. Watch the movie The Killing Fields. And as you
watch it keep telling yourself that you can't smell it (the death) and can't see the real blood and hear the real cries.
Keep telling yourself that its only a movie. And keep telling yourself that Kerry is a hero. Keep
telling yourself that 2 MILLION in Cambodia alone are only a set decoration in a movie.
Ron Groves,
USAF, 1970-1992
El Paso, Texas.
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http://www.dithpran.org/killingfields.htm
The Cambodian Killing Fields
On April 17th, 1975 the Khmer Rouge, a communist guerrilla group led by Pol Pot, took power in Phnom Penh, the capital
of Cambodia. They forced all city dwellers into the countryside and to labor camps. During their rule, it is estimated
that 2 million Cambodians died by starvation, torture or execution. 2 million Cambodians represented approximately 30%
of the Cambodian population during that time.
The Khmer Rouge turned Cambodia to year zero. They banned all institutions, including stores, banks, hospitals,
schools, religion, and the family. Everyone was forced to work 12 - 14 hours a day, every day. Children were separated from
their parents to work in mobile groups or as soldiers. People were fed one watery bowl of soup with a few grains of rice thrown
in. Babies, children, adults and the elderly were killed everywhere. The Khmer Rouge killed people if they didn’t like
them, if didn’t work hard enough, if they were educated, if they came from different ethnic groups, or if they showed
sympathy when their family members were taken away to be killed. All were killed without reason. Everyone had to pledge total
allegiance to Angka, the Khmer Rouge government. It was a campaign based on instilling constant fear and keeping their victims
off balance.
After the Vietnamese invaded and liberated the Cambodian people from the Khmer Rouge, 600,000 Cambodians fled to Thai border
camps. Ten million landmines were left in the ground, one for every person in Cambodia. The United Nations installed the largest
peacekeeping mission in the world in Cambodia in 1991 to ensure free and fair elections after the withdrawal of the Vietnamese
troops. Cambodia was turned upside down during the Khmer Rouge years and the country has the daunting task of healing physically,
mentally and economically.
For any questions, please e.mail us.
For donations to contribute to our Project or to maintain this website, please write to: The Dith Pran Holocaust Awareness
Project, Inc.
http://www.dithpran.org/killingfields.htm
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