The Fall of Phnom Penh
PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - 1975/03/31: In the last weeks of the Cambodia civil war, using the capital city airport was becoming more and more perilous as the Khmer Rouge were shelling it almost on a daily basis to disrupt the air-bridge which resupply war necessities. Several provincial cities surrounded by the Khmer Rouge were link only by old DC4s or DC3s planes.
Cambodia. Pictures from the book YEARS OF TURMOIL.. (Photo by Roland Neveu/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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