Dear Perom, You did not attend Lycee Sisowath ? You were not that smart ? Even an idiot and moron like Chau Bury did go to that school,.
Don't tell me you did not attend Lycee Descartes neither, I am so disappointed. Joe, your old BFF from Poipet elementary ________________________________ De : Perom Uch <[email protected]> À : [email protected] Envoyé le : Mar 6 avril 2010, 10 h 52 min 29 s Objet : Re: Making New Friends... Hello Neay K'rudth, Yes, I was @ Khmer Navy: http://www.khmernavy.com I taught History and Geogrpahy, calasse de 4'eme and 5'eme @ Sisovath. I never attended Sisovath High School. My friends, Tan Boun Hong and Lam Ban Hok did skeep classe de premiere @ Suryavarman II (Siemreap High School) and attended Sisovath(Math-Elem) during school year (1969-1970). Now, Boun Hong lives @ Lyon and Hok lives @ Paris. We keep in touch via e-mail. Have a good day, Neay K'rudth. Cheers, /Neay Krouch:)) On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 10:30 PM, 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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