Hello Lok Neay Krudth, Please send some more if you have the(fighting with Vietcon story or Khmer Navy Story" Thank you in advance.
Thavry On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 1:30 AM, Neay K'rudth <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you all my Youngsters you all are great. > > Hello Perom: > > You look so familiar, did you go to Lycee Sisowath? > I sense that you are associated with the Khmer Republic Navy, what a > great bunch. You all kept your stuff together well. We, the straight > leg soldiers are not so well connected, for some reasons or another. I > guess many of us who managed to escape are morally crushed and felt > utterly defeated. > > Anyway, the good thing is that the Khmer Navy had a tradition as far > back as Funan. I read somewhere about the colonial French while trying > to negotiate the transfer of Chantabun (a former Khmer province right > across the border from Koh Kong) back to Khmer Kingdom from the Siem > in the late 1800, ran into a strange but comical phenomenon. The > French asked all the Khmer people in Chantabun to register for Khmer > citizenship with the colonial administration. What happened was the > next day 90% of the sailors in the Siem navy were gone, only to be > found lined up in the front of the French Consulate to get a Khmer > Citizenship ID card. This greatly embarrassed the hell out of the Siem > King, that the whole Siem government went bezerk and begged the French > to stop the process immediately! Cheer, the Khmer Navy had really gone > places! > > And this one is from Neay Krud'th personally to our brothers the Khmer > Sailors: > > A Khmer Republic Army position south of Takmauv, on the east side of > Tonle Bassac river was surrounded for nearly a month and a half. > Ground intervention attempts could not breech the seize and reach the > distress unit. The unit ran low on food, ammo, and sustained a big > stack of KIA and wounded casualties. > > The two-star boss-man upstream, asked and receiced a squadron of our > Navy boys from up river, showing up with one slick RPB (the one with > the tandem M50 at the bow, and 2 M60 and a 60 mm mortar at the stern), > a cargo transport engin with a 40mm Anti-aircraft sitting vulnerably > on the top deck (wide open). And, oh I loved this one, and I named it > the real "McCoy". It sits real low close to the water line, it had a > recoiless 106mm inside the lower turret at the bow, and an M20 on the > upper turret. Neay Krud'th was given the mission to get on the command > boat (the McCoy) and assist the squadron commander in crossing the > enemy blockade, beach the cargo transport, and retrieve the wounded, > last but not least to hang around as long as possible to protect the > troop while they take a bath and resupply their drinking water after a > month and a half without bath and nearly died of thirst while living > on the edge of this beautiful river because they were practically > pinned down by all kinds of fires 24/7. > At about 1 PM we sailed down the river, Neay Krud'th was to be on the > bad McCoy (it had heavy armor, big gun and low profile) with the > Commander (another young lieutenant, an Ensign is that how you all > call him?). Overhead were the Red Eagles (AVNK helicopter gunships) > were helping us neutralize the first river bend. None of us navy or > otherwise liked curved road or river bends. The airstrike was over in > a few minute before we even can count 1.. 2.. 3.. get set and..go... > The little RPB was sent ahead of us to guide us around sand bars, and > to act as a bait for enemy fire. The river was so low in the dry > season, we were at a very disadvantage to say the least. Neay Krud'th > and the commander were standing inside the mid-section observation > cupola just upper and lower the gun turret sharing the ship ladder. > > We blasted our way with everything we had as we move around the bend. > Thank God KR did not pick on the RPB first, instead they waited for > the McCoy to come up across the crosshair of their Chinese 75mm > recoilless armor piercing rifle. We tried to shield and keep the > transport covered on our portside, it had too much explosive onboard, > one round of RPG and it will be decimated. It seemed like ages when we > reached the opposite bank from the friendly position. KR seemed to be > kind of lame, we only received light fire this time. As we prepare for > the final assault and beach the transport by applying a real heavy > dose of arsenal on the perimeter of our friendly position, the 40mm > DCA on top of the transport asked for a time-out, his gun kept on > jamming, and he was going to test fire it until it really run like the > real DCA (a couple hundred rounds per minute or something like that). > He kept messing with it, the gun was aimed on one particular spot > south of the friendly position. Its sputtered off and on for about 15 > minute while we float around like ducks. Then we received our first > round of the 75mm recoilless on the starboard side of the McCoy, but > luckily it hit the water and exploded about 25 feet from the boat. > However, the fragments went flying, ricocheted, hitting stack of ammo > boxes that they hanged around the turret, and hit Neay Krud'th on the > left side of the face, gave him visions of every stars in the galaxy. > I heard the commander yelped and turned around saw him fell down from > my right side of the ship ladder straight to the bottom deck with a > big thud. Then the M60 gunner in the upper turret above my head and to > my rear yelped "lieutenant I’m hit", I turned around again, red blood > splashed down from his hand on to my turret and on my back. > In the absence of the rightful commander, while on the observation > turret, I had to take charge (sorry guys not to offend anyone, I mean > not in a sense of running the boat tactical formation and maneuvering > and such, but in the "return-fire" part of the battle). > > Just at that moment I could see KR popped out from every nooks and > cranny along the bank, the reason was that the 40mm gunner on the top > of the transport had been consistent on keeping his aim on the same > spot over and over, until KR were convinced that their fighting > positions were compromised and needed to get the hell out. They were > so panicky that they dropped everything they carried on the water's > edge, and run for their life, so terrified that they forget to run up > the bank and away, but instead ran along the water's edge like herds > of water buffalos. I yelled to the 106 gunner below, 10 O'clock!..... > 10 O'clock...., fast! Every piece of arsenal on the starboard of the > three boats went off like 4th of July. "Thou shall neither kill nor > cause to be killed" - Buddha forgive me! I've never intended to shoot > at anyone with a 106mm direct-shot, indescribable.... The rounds > completely wiped every commotion or movement on the bank. One round > hit something like a paper factory. Tons of confetti went up in the > air like NY Time Square tinker day parade. > While the big gun was cleaning up the rich target on 10 O'clock, > somehow the corner of my left eye caught something moving in the > horizon (amazing of how sharp we all were when we were young and > wild). Sure enough, one smart and courageous KR dude was climbing the > side wall of a shot up wooden house with an RPG slung behind his back > ( the roof of the house would provide the best position for him to > blow us out of the water. I yelled again to the gunner below, 8 > O'clock fast! The 106 turret swung and locked at 8 O'clock like a > charm, the gun crew must have looked straight through the gun barrel > to aim. When the round met the wall of that red roof house the poor > dude was gone with the smoke, again a direct shot of a 106mm, and > overkill. > > In a unison all three vessels including the transport swung left 9 > O'clock with the McCoy on its starboard and the RPB on the portside, > went full speed, and finally beached right at the Kampong behind our > stranded friends. Cheers went wild like in a football game. What a > relief to watch our friends took turn to take a dip in the river, and > unload the supply up the bank, and load the bodies of their dead > comrades and the wounded onto the transport. > > I took the time to check on the lieutenant and the wounded gunner at > the bottom deck. The lieutenant somehow received a shrapnel on his > right foot but it was not serious, but the gunner gash on his left arm > was definitely serious. Bothe were patched up and flat on the > stretcher. The medic onboard was attending to both of them. As for > Neay Krud'th he somehow escape the shrapnel but got knocked senseless > and while trying to regain his footing on the ship ladder inside the > turret, accidentally step on a fire extinguisher and the darn thing > discharged foam all over his lower body. The freezing cold chemical > nearly froze my balls off. Didn't feel a thing until it was almost > over. > > We gathered the squadron at sundown, a turned back upstream to > Takhmauv, feeling solemnly for a good day worth of soldiering, > exhausted but satisfied. I was wrong about the shrapnel. When I took > of the flack jacket and hung it to the seat of the waiting Jeep, I > discovered a 2 inches long piece of steel stuck to the left shoulder > area of the jacket, it burned about 1/4 inch into the thickness of the > polyethylene protective mesh. My helmet had a tiny piece of steel > lodged between the steel surface and the camouflage cloth cover. > > The boss came-by and greeted all of us, and took care of our friends > on the stretchers. We were treated with a big feast that evening. > > It's good to be alive and still able to reminisce the good old day! > Meantime we shall continue to remember all of our heroic brothers as > long as we live. We were still too young when these horrible events > seized upon us, and lead us away from our intended destination. Some > may think that we were either TOO BRAVE or TOO STUPID. But for better > or for worse, we gave all we had, and not regretting any moment of it. > > Neay Krud'th would like to express admiration and respect, and would > like to salute the passing and living brothers of the Khmer Republic > Navy! > > NKR > > > On Apr 3, 12:18 am, "sacravatoons" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Ream Chbabng Neay Krud'th, > > > > Firstly I would like to take my hat off to salute you from my heart as : > > > > " Tea-hean Mpey Buon Mong " > > The 24hrs Soldiers > > > > Without you and others Khmer soldiers ,Cambodia would be captured in 3 > months time as Vietcong had promised to Xihanouk.And also thanks to our Korn > brothers & sisters Khmer Kampuchea Krom who were coming in Cambodia to fight > & protect against the aggressor Vietcong & Yuon-Hanoi. > > Your patriosm to fight those Tmill are still in the heart of Khmer > Republicans untill today. > > > > Pls share more your experiences during the War 1970-1975. > > > > Cheers, > > Ung Bun Heang > > > > Dear Youngsters: > > > > > > > > > > > > > You all brought up a nostalgia which I could not resist: > > > > > I am one of the survivor hippies of the era, which started in 1962 > > > when I entered 6 grade in Lycee Sisowath, when the Beatles came out > > > with "I Saw You Standing There", and the Rollingstones came out with > > > "I Can Get No Satisfaction", and the long haired hippie named Scott > > > McKenzie was singing " If you're going to San Francisco.... Be sure to > > > wear a flower in you're hair......". Oh, the Animals were singing "The > > > House of the Rising Sun". > > > > > Neay Krud'th was playing drum for the original band "Seila", and on to > > > play drum for the Boys (the Khmero-Anglais H.S. kids behind our > > > school), then went on to play professionally for the Khmer National > > > Radio and TV Band in the Rock'n Roll section of the band with young > > > and sexy Var-So-Vy as the singer. Our usual hang out location was on > > > Rue Pastor between Lycee Sisowath and Khmero-Anglais, or Phsa Chah > > > were the old Majestic movie house was, were we use to congregate to > > > watch all the beautiful and wealthy girls go shopping, and when time > > > to eat there were tons of good old authentic chinese of all varieties > > > you can order from, goat noodle soup anyone? > > > > > 1970 the war came and our funs and laughters ended. Neay Krud'th was > > > shipped out to war fighting VC and KR south side of the City such as > > > Saang, Koki Thom, Neak Lueung etc, as a young/green/scary platoon > > > leader, leading untrained, inexperienced troops into firefights with > > > VC, NVA, and the latter part KR. > > > > > One fateful night, KR attacked in the middle of the night, raining > > > RPG's on our defense post to dislodge us from the wooden bridge we > > > were tasked to hold at all cost. What funny was that one of the troop > > > was listening to the US Army radio, and as he was rushing to man his > > > machine gun, his transistor radio fell to the ground inside his > > > trench, and the volume for some freakish reason got louder. I was > > > manning the mortar, and talked to the gunship overhead, but the radio > > > kept belching out " Bridge Over Trouble Water" by Simmon and Art > > > Garfunkel, then "Let It Be" by Paul McCartney, we couldn't do a thing > > > about it so we just enjoyed it, and what a party we had! I could not > > > tell what other song came on after that because was my ears were > > > bleeding and clogged up from the continuous blast of my mortar tube. > > > My eyes tears up everytime I hear the song plays on the radio here in > > > the US. > > > > > Yes definitely, we salute the memories our brothers whose idea of > > > freedom and fun are always something worth dying for. > > > > > I am so impressed with you youngsters for your passion in seing the > > > homeland move past these pains and sufferings toward happiness, > > > freedom, peace, prosperity, and security. > > > > > May the spirits our our ancestors assist us in this endeavor. > > > > > MAKE PEACE NOT WAR! (if we can avoid it) > > > > > MKR > > > > > On Apr 2, 1:26 am, "sacravatoons" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > >> My dedications to Khmer-Hippies who died in cold blood during > > >> KhmerRouge's era > > >> Cheers, > > >> Ung Bun Heang > > > > >> Psychedelic rock-n-roll, long hair, and bell bottom pants were some > of> the other "trademarks" > > >> > of the hippie culture...or shall i say subculture. I remember my > older > > >> > brother who was a > > >> > big time hippie...he literally worshipped Jimi Hendrix and Carlos > > >> > Santana. Ahhhh those days. There were > > >> > some happy times until the Year Zero!!! > > > > >> > You are right, Lok Bong Sacrava, they were harmless to the public as > > >> > far as I can remember. Furthermore, their fashions, values, and > > >> > practice, rapidly influenced popular music, television, film, > > >> > literature, and the arts, and especially the promotion of > > >> > multiculturalism particularly in the US of A. Even though their > > >> > culture and values spread out like wild fire to the 'old' worlds > such > > >> > as Cambodia, there was quite a resistance from traditionalists. > > >> > Speaking from experience, my parents never approved of or accepted > my > > >> > older brother's idea of hippie-ism. > > > > >> > -Bora > > > > >> Hippie's Slogan 500.jpg > > >> 140KViewDownload > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" group. > > > This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. > > > Thank you for your understanding. 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