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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:02 AM Apr 2020

On this day, April 29, 1970, U.S. troops entered Cambodia.

Nixon launching invasion of Cambodia, 50 years ago tomorrow night, saying, “This is not an invasion of Cambodia”:



Cambodian campaign

The Cambodian campaign (also known as the Cambodian incursion and the Cambodian invasion) was a brief series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia in 1970 by South Vietnam and the United States as an extension of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War. Thirteen major operations were conducted by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) between 29 April and 22 July and by U.S. forces between 1 May and 30 June.

At home, things were about to explode in a bad way.



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The school depicted in the link to the YouTube video is the University of Virginia.
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On this day, April 29, 1970, U.S. troops entered Cambodia. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2020 OP
I'll never forget or forgive those years. ChazInAz Apr 2020 #1

ChazInAz

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1. I'll never forget or forgive those years.
Wed Apr 29, 2020, 10:42 AM
Apr 2020

That Spring I was acting in the anti-war musical play "Viet Rock". The morning this was announced one of the cast members wrote a song about it to the tune of "Marching to Pretoria" . We had it rehearsed and ready for that night's performance.
Doing our not for the war effort!

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