Was the US Military involved in the Cambodian Killing Fields in any capacity during 1976-1978?

SP5 Ford Ross — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:43:08 -0400

Response by CPT Lawrence Cable made Jul 26 at 2019 11:56 AM

CPT Lawrence Cable — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 11:56:55 -0400

Other than doing our best to ignore that it was happening, no. The Case-Church Amendments forbid funding any actions in Southeast Asia without approval of Congress after 1973, which wasn't going to happen during that time period.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Jul 26 at 2019 8:13 PM

SGM Bill Frazer — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 20:13:58 -0400

NO, we were out of SVN completely in 75, and no one was interested in SE Asia.

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Jul 26 at 2019 8:55 PM

LTC Jason Mackay — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 20:55:37 -0400

No, this was all the Khmer Rouge. They blamed the Vietnamese, pinning it on their 1979 invasion. What involvement did you think the US had?

Response by CAPT Kevin B. made Jul 27 at 2019 2:07 AM

CAPT Kevin B. — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 02:07:46 -0400

My post script is I've been to the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng a number of times during the '95-98 timeframe. I recall Pol Pot "surrendering" to Ta Mok. He wasn't in good shape health wise. No purist or altruistic motives anywhere as virtually all officials are corrupt to one extent or another. One of my tasks was construction of Khmer Rouge defector camps and the reintegration. Just moving one corrupt into another corrupt clothing line.