A FAREWELL LETTER
In remembrance of the Black April (4/30/1975) in Vietnam, let's take a minute of silence to remember the plight that the Cambodians had to suffer. Especially the death of Siril Matak, priminister and hundred of goverment officials who chose to stay then all died under the bloody hands of Khmer Rouge.
The letter was just an art work's illustration and had been displayed in the US Congress library ever since. It also was read out loud many times before the Congress.
Within a day after that letter was sent, Sirik Matak, Long Boret, Lon Non (Lon Nol's brother), and most members of Lon Nol's cabinet who declined to be "evacuated" with the Americans, instead staying to share the fate of their people, were executed by Khmer Rouge units in Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. It was the beginning of the "killing field" in Cambodia.
A CAMBODIAN HERO
Prince SISOWATH SIRIK MATAK
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak (January 22, 1914 — April 21, 1975) was a prince of Cambodia.
Sirik Matak was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In 1941, he was passed over by the French government in favor of his cousin Norodom Sihanouk as King.
In March 18, 1970, Sirik Matak assisted General Lon Nol, who had been serving as prime minister, in a coup d'etat and was granted emergency powers by the National Assembly. Sirik Matak, retained his post as deputy prime minister.
On April 1, 1975, President Lon Nol resigned and left the country. On April 12, 1975, Sirik Matak was offered political asylum by the United States' Ambassador to Cambodia John Gunther Dean, inviting high officials of the Khmer Republic, but Sirik Matak, Long Boret, Lon Non (Lon Nol's brother), and most members of Lon Nol's cabinet declined.
Prince Sirik Matak and the officials that remained along with him, were executed by the Khmer Rouge on April 21, 1975, in Phnom Penh.
In remembrance of the Black April (4/30/1975) in Vietnam, let's take a minute of silence to remember the plight that the Cambodians had to suffer. Especially the death of Siril Matak, priminister and hundred of goverment officials who chose to stay then all died under the bloody hands of Khmer Rouge.
The letter was just an art work's illustration and had been displayed in the US Congress library ever since. It also was read out loud many times before the Congress.
Within a day after that letter was sent, Sirik Matak, Long Boret, Lon Non (Lon Nol's brother), and most members of Lon Nol's cabinet who declined to be "evacuated" with the Americans, instead staying to share the fate of their people, were executed by Khmer Rouge units in Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975. It was the beginning of the "killing field" in Cambodia.
A CAMBODIAN HERO
Prince SISOWATH SIRIK MATAK
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak (January 22, 1914 — April 21, 1975) was a prince of Cambodia.
Sirik Matak was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In 1941, he was passed over by the French government in favor of his cousin Norodom Sihanouk as King.
In March 18, 1970, Sirik Matak assisted General Lon Nol, who had been serving as prime minister, in a coup d'etat and was granted emergency powers by the National Assembly. Sirik Matak, retained his post as deputy prime minister.
On April 1, 1975, President Lon Nol resigned and left the country. On April 12, 1975, Sirik Matak was offered political asylum by the United States' Ambassador to Cambodia John Gunther Dean, inviting high officials of the Khmer Republic, but Sirik Matak, Long Boret, Lon Non (Lon Nol's brother), and most members of Lon Nol's cabinet declined.
Prince Sirik Matak and the officials that remained along with him, were executed by the Khmer Rouge on April 21, 1975, in Phnom Penh.
Trung tá Burr McBride Willey
Tr/tá Burr M. Willey - cố vấn TrĐ 32 BB và chú chó tên Moose của mình trên quốc lộ 13 trong cuộc hành quân giải vây An Lộc, 19/05/1972. Một tháng sau, Tr/tá Willey tử trận. Mấy ngày sau, TrĐ trưởng TrĐ 33 BB là Tr/Tá Nguyễn Viết Cần và cố vấn - Tr/Tá Charles Butler cũng tử trận tại An Lộc.
Willey was on his third tour in Vietnam and, according to journalists Peter Arnett and Horst Fass, “was full of sympathy for the Vietnamese soldiers fighting and endless war.”
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