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  • In Kampong Cham Province, a bomb crater is surrounded by dirt and palm trees in the background. Grass grows in the crater except for its center.
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    Bomb Crater in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia

    A bomb crater in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia, photographed in 2014.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 2
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  • Aerial view of a myriad of bomb craters pockmarking lush farmland in Cambodia. Most craters are filled with water. A few are covered in vegetation.
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    Aerial View of Bomb Craters in Cambodia

    An overhead view of bomb craters from the US aerial bombardment in the 1960s and 1970s marking the fields in Kandal Province, Cambodia.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 2
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  • In Hữu Tiệp Lake, the wreckage of a B-52 bomber is half-submerged. Around the lake are buildings and a Vietnamese flag fluttering in the wind.
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    Wreckage of American B-52 Bomber

    The wreckage of an American B-52 bomber, shot down during the Vietnam War on December 27, 1972, can be seen in Hữu Tiệp Lake in the Ngọc Hà neighborhood of Hanoi, Vietnam.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 2
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    Operation Rolling Thunder

    Footage from US Air Force and Naval air operations during Operation Rolling Thunder from March 1965 to November 1968 in Vietnam. Rolling Thunder was the most intense operation waged during the Cold War.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 2
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  • Aerial view from B-29 American bombers as they drop incendiary bombs onto the burning port city of Kobe. Clouds of smoke billow from the fires.
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    American Bombs Falling on Kobe

    Taken from above on June 4, 1945, the image captures the dropping of incendiary bombs from American B-29 Superfortresses onto the burning city of Kobe, Japan.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 2
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  • A circular pond created by a bomb reflects the surrounding aquatic plants and sky on its surface. Palm trees dot the horizon.
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    Takeo by Vandy Rattana

    Takeo (2009) by artist and photographer Vandy Rattana, who lives and works between Phnom Penh, Paris, and Taipei. His series Bomb Ponds consists of several photographs and a film documenting the aftermath of U.S. bombing in Cambodia.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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  • The map shows US bombing sites in Cambodia marked by red dots.
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    Map of U.S. Bombings of Cambodia, 1964-1975

    This map illustrates the extent of US bombings of Cambodia from 1964 to 1975. The US dropped at least five hundred thousand tons of bombs on Cambodia. Each of the red dots in the map depicts a bombing target.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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  • Reamker performance in a concrete courtyard lined with trees. Dancers wear brocaded fabrics and masks and carry sticks in their raised hands.
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    Reamker Performance Postcard

    This image is from a postcard whose exact date of publication is unknown, but likely circa 1904. The image depicts a Lakhon Khol, a traditional masked theater practice, and a performance of the Reamker, the Cambodian epic poem based upon the Ramayana.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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  • Drawing of two boys in shorts and t-shirts walking on a cobbled path with Angkor Wat behind them. Overgrown foliage and trees surround Angkor Wat.
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    Angkor Wat Postcard

    Henri Mouhot produced several sketches of Angkor during his travels in Southeast Asia. This image of Angkor Wat, circa 1860, included local people. These local people would be removed when Mouhot’s sketches were featured in France’s Tour du Monde.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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  • Bayon Temple bathed in the light of the setting sun and covered in moss. Two women sit in a doorway and two men sit at the base of the stairs.
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    Bayon Temple at Sunset

    Bayon Temple was built in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century by King Jayavarman VII and stands at the center of his capital, Angkor Thom, in modern day Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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    Cambodian Americans, Module 1
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