Blogs in January 1970

The Gate 1st January 1970

The author is living and studying in Cambodia with his kmer partner and daughter when he and two colleagues are captured by the Khmer Rouge. They are taken deep into the jungle, held on suspicion that they are CIA....

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The Rent Collector 1st January 1970

This is the story of people who pick over the rubbish in a waste dump, Stung Meanchey, just outside Phnom Penh – they make their homes from rubbish, they pick up their cooking implements and pots from the dump,...

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The Man from Saigon 1st January 1970

Susan Gifford is a female correspondent working in Saigon. Together with Son, a Vietnames photographer, she covers the war. One morning there is an ambush and they are captured by three Vietcong. Hiding in the jungle they are threatened...

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A Deadly Cambodian Crime Spree 1st January 1970

Inspector Singh is in Cambodia – wishing he wasn’t. He’s been sent as an observer to the international war crimes tribunal in Phnom Penh, the latest effort by his superiors to ensure that he is anywhere except in Singapore....

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Fields of Fire 1st January 1970

They each had their reasons for being a soldier. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo – Death Before Dishonor – before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts...

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