Cambodia 1972 

Thanks James. I'm Cambodian and also working to become a pilot as well. These footage are incredible. Please share more if you have. Thanks again.

Thanks for sharing this useful video about my country in 1972

Thank you very much for taking time to produce this very intersting video clip about Cambodia. As refugee from Cambodia in 1975 to the US and helicopter pilot graduated from US Army Aviation School in Ozark, Alabama in the 70s. We are eager to see old footages to remind us the old time. To escape Cambodia on April 18, 1975. I flew to Kompong Chhnang, over Tonle Sap, Siem Reap, Odor Mean Chhey and Surin, Thailand.

Thank you James for sharing your rare footage of Cambodia during the Vietnam War/ Cambodian Civil War. I was an infant in Battambang as you and your fellow soldiers were flying from Phnom Penh ("P" is pronounced) to Kampong Thom and back. My father (went missing in '75 after the fall) was a soldier with Lon Nol regime up in Battambang, battling the VC and KR there. You mentioned of the bomb craters, those were probably from the U.S. bombings. I still have relatives who are living Kamopong Thom which I hope to visit them one day. It's interesting to see Phnom Penh Int'l Airport (aka Ponchentong Terminal) how it looked back then as your chopper approaching to land. I saw a another footage of the airport which was attacked by the VC in '71 where several aircrafts and fuel depots were destroyed. I first landed at the airport on my first visit back in '95 to Phnom Penh. Back then I could only visit Phnom Penh, Takeo, and Kampong Cham. I wanted to visit Battambang, but it was dangerous as the KR were still fighting with the gov't troops. I haven't been back since. Have you visited Cambodia since you were there back in '72? Anyhow, your footage is part of Cambodian history and thank you again for sharing. BTW, I love the Huey helicopter. I first saw several Huey helicopters landed and took off when I was in Thailand back in late '79.

It is my great pleasure to see the old footage of Cambodia. Thank you for posting.

thanks, man I'm from cambodia it refreshing to see my country in that time before I was even born yet.

It is so interesting to see footage from 50 years ago and compare it with today’s Cambodia where I live. Thank you!

Thank you for sharing this incredible footage of my home country back in 1972.

Thank you JDP for sharing this piece of my country history. I was nearly a year old during this time. It was incredible to be involved in such huge mission at 22 years old🤩

Wow tremendously amazing James thanks you for sharing that amazing Khmers clips 💓💓🙏🙏💐💐🙏

What an amazing footage Mr. Phenicie! Thank you for sharing this rare video. 🙏🏽✨🕊

I am French. It is my wish, my dream, my goal to become a Cambodian citizen. Sadly, if it is easy for a Cambodian to become French, l find it almost impossible to have Cambodia want me as a citizen. Yet, l will hope until l become one or die trying.

Dear James, I watched your video clip with tear in my eyes. It’s a priceless memory, the ignoring pain, suffering witch Khmers endured at that time, Our modern World tries to forget without justify. In your Video clip I am able to recognize some of my fighting comrades. May their soul Rest In Peace ✌️ I am a sole front line soldier and Khmer Air Force pilot who wrote a book 📖 ( Unfortunate Cambodia). It’s on sale Worldwide. It costs less than a cup of Starbucks coffee to download it. If you are unhappy 🙁 with any reason by reading it, I will refund your money back. The profit from this book will goes to Cambodian poor. Thanks 🙏 for sharing, the destruction of Khmer town showed the fingerprints of the invaders Vietcongs towards Cambodia at that time. From the beginning of that war to 1972 there were no Khmer Rouge at all. May God Bless you & the USA 🇺🇸

Im from Savannah, GA and now in Phnom Penh. Interesting to see how the airport looked 50 years ago! It's modernized now of course.

Thank you, sir. Much appreciated.

That was an interesting journey thanks for sharing. I’m an American living in Phnom Penh snd I know very well the areas and towns you visited. It’s amazing to see how much has changed here in 50 years and how somethings haven’t changed at all. Again, thanks for sharing what was a mundane military task it was very interesting.

Thank you 🙏🏼 for sharing this video

Thank you james. For share the history of my country to the world .🙏🙏

That's the greatest video I've ever seen based on true history happened in Cambodia for so long...

Excellent work JDP-extremely interesting & well done. This footage is priceless

This is incredible, thanks for sharing.

Thankful for sharing video ♥️

I missed the beautiful Cambodia in 1970's...

Awsome video james, thank you for the good video

Great footage and a good story. Thank you.

Appreciate your incredible footage

Amazing quality of the footage. Well done.

In behalf of Cambodians I'd like to say thank you for your love to our nation. We want you to keep helping our country to be prousper in democrazy and peace. May God bless America and Cambodia too.

Thank you so much for this amazing footage. It is interesting to see Cambodia back in the day. If you have more, please share if possible. I look forward to it!

It's crazy to think that just 3yrs after, all hell broke loose.

Great traditional Cambodian music.

Thank you so much for sharing Sir ... Appreciate it 🇰🇭

Appreciate sir so much for this videos

Double thank you for posting the video and your service to the country. Your narrative is awesome, I see then and now the Cambodian people are happy going even in difficult circumstance. If possible please post the whole film without editing that you have so it live online for future generations to see. Again thank you for sharing your once in a life time memories video and your service to the country.

thank you for sharing this, amazing footage and story

Thanks! Very interesting film and story!

It's very beautiful documentary

I miss modern Cambodia and I miss Cambodia. 🇰🇭🇰🇭🥺

quel souvenirs douloureuse période difficiles au 1972 j ai eu 18 ans j ai quitté cambodge 1973 vers la thaïlande merci James de votre video

Thank you so much for sharing...God bless.

Thank you for sharing. Watching from NZ, from the killings fields survived.

Love this. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your documentations sir, I’m just got my CPL license in Florida . I hope somehow I can fly over phnompenh too.

Thank you for sharing🙏🏻

Super interesting about the secret fuel cache

thank you for shearing this video, i was born in 1970 in cambodia

Wow! such a great video. It brings back my memory.

Thanks for this documentary

very nice video thank you ,

Best video i have seen all month

Thanks for you do this videoclip and share iit, I’m missed those places and wanted return time back to does era to fight against with them again.

I like 😍🥰

Great video. Whats the name of the song please? 'The Prancing Mosquito'???

Love this fantastic clip. Wish it goes on a lot longer. The town you made the emergency landing seems to be Kampong cham?

When I found the Republic of Cambodian Reviews I will be willing to happiness for myself and I'm always saying rotate in my mind that was notifications by one tragedy documents which would be to buried in my life and especially I like ,loving for them by the loyalty of my heart.

Sweet story

Thanks for this great clips, good bless sir, one question, have you been back to visit?

I missed everything last time. Missing ur times was there that I didn't born yet.

Hey jdp, was it JP-4 that you were looking for to refuel your chopper back then? My late father [ a FAC back then] may have had the same picture of the guy with the patch "peace hell, bomb Hanoi" ...Drop me a line, would you please? Maybe we can chitchat live? Take care!!!

notice the characteristic of Cambodian change between Pre and Post Khmer Rouge.

1:53 is that you? 😍

Very entertaining, enjoyed it.

I feel sad to see that

during this activity I was 2 years old

As i am Cambodian citizen , i am sick and tired with war which never end by killed each other. Now, i live in America with peaceful.

Please share more

Thank you for sacrificed and serviced Sir. Thank God came home safe.

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Cambodia children love barank people much. Like me when was younger 🧔🏻🤩

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1972: the time when Cambodia was the Khmer Republic. A fledgling democracy country & has the potential to prosper. But sadly, Khmer rouge take over & majority of those Khmer people seen in this video were in the killing fields... Tragic...

My Country

Theres alot of rare footage in this vid

Ooh , republic of cambodia

ជម្រាបសួរ​🇰🇭❤️🙏say hello 🇰🇭🙏

ពួកក្មេងៗនៅក្នុង video នេះមកទល់ពេលនេះមិនដឹងយ៉ាងមិចយ៉ាងម៉ាទេ

do u speak khmer?

Cambodia 50ago air force is very Nice

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1972 after chased Yuon VC that blown up Chroy Changva Bridge and synchronized attacked stat Chas APC M-113 depot the same early dawn of that morning Oct. 7th- 1972 . My last base was Preah Prosob east river bank Basak river 1972 . I was with 37b.i 361bc trained in SVN LAM SON .

Nowadays it was change so much you should to came here again

omg! those running kids are my ancestor, u know?

ខ្ញុំស្រណោះណាស់

Ah yes the year before DOOMED.

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great footage and commentary. Anyone else imagine those embassy personnel were CIA?

I wonder if don't have khmer rought ! How my country modern 🥲🥲

And in 1975 , 🥲 Khmer rouge 🟥🇰🇭

Now All of this was gone

than in 1975 all hell Brock out .they open the gate to hell and the Khmer Rouge and Pol pot got lose...

ហេតុអ្វីកូនខ្មែរមួយភាគធំស្វែងយល់តែរឿងអត់ប្រយោជន៌ ចាញ់ជាតិឡេដទៃគេមើលព្ោងព្រាត គ្មានការស្រាវជ្រាវ😢

Theses are footage of Cambodia before it was bomb

Khmer grom for Khmer no vetnam

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I made this video earlier. It is here on my RU-vid channel. Please watch some of my other documentaries. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nuAd5dPMmrs.html

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Wow nice video indeed. Thank you for sharing and speak the truth. Yeah thats the press for you. Two American helicopters flying around and they said no American soldiers were around.😂 you could have flown in drop bombs and flown out still they probably say the KR did that or whoever…50 years since that day you have flown over Cambodian sky and kept all that pictures till today???