Crash Landings At Ponchentong, June 1971
Wednesday, 23 June 1971, Pochentong Khmer airfield, outside of the capital city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. ‘Scatback’ C-47D s.n. 43-49680
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On Deadly Ground: Unexploded Ordnance And Agent Orange In Cambodia
On January 10th 2022, an anti-tank mine killed three deminers affiliated with the NGO Cambodian Self-Help Demining in northern Cambodia. This
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History: Kampot Sea Landings, January 6, 1979
At 10 pm on January 6, 1979, the Việt Nam People’s Navy launched a naval landing aimed at capturing Kampong
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USAF Remnant Of War Removed In Takeo
Phnom Penh: CMAC released information that, on December 6, 2021, a bomb dropped from a plane during the Vietnam war period
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‘Political Basketball’: The Strange Tale Of Captured US POW’s, 1968
Weeks after arriving in Vietnam in 1968, Korean War veteran Sergeant First Class Floyd Wilmoth- who enlisted in the US
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McKinley Nolan: A U.S. Traitor’s Odd Twist of Fate
According to the U.S. military, McKinley Nolan, an infantryman, was one of only two officially recognized traitors of the Vietnam
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War Within A War: The Rise & Fall Of FULRO, PT II
This article continues from PART ONE The Second FULRO Rebellion On September 15, 1965, 500 FULRO Montagnards assigned to Buôn
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War Within A War: The Rise & Fall Of FULRO, PT I
The Buôn Ma Thuột Rebellion On September 20, 1964, American-trained Civil Irregular Defense Group (SID-GEE) troops based at Special Forces bases Buon
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History: Call Sign ‘Rustic’- Secret Air War & Kampong Cham Rescue
Everyone who has any interest in the Vietnam War period has heard about the secret air war in Laos, of
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The Elephant & Dragon 6: 1970- A Very Bad Year
The turning point for modern Cambodia came in the first half of 1970. A chain of events in Phnom Penh,
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The Elephant & Dragon 5: Independence To Civil War
This is Part 5 in a series looking at how the relationships between Cambodia -Vietnam-Thailand have shaped history. This latest
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Kratie Fisherman Nets 340kg Cluster Bomb
Kratie province: According to Heng Ratana, the CEO of CMAC, on the morning of April 22, a fisherman in Chhlong
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70 Years Of US-Cambodia Relations In 100 Dates
The United States of America and Cambodia have had a complicated history during the years before and after independence. From
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This Week In History- Operation Chenla II
Operation Chenla II or Chenla Two was a major military operation conducted by the Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) during the Cambodian Civil War from 20 August
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US Diplomat ‘Haunted by Cambodia’ Dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Gunther Dean, a veteran American diplomat and five-time ambassador forever haunted by his role in the
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