Columnist’s visit to Cambodian killing fields jarring 35 years later

Published on December 10, 2013





By Jim Guy

This year marks 35 years since Cambodians endured the ruthless and murderous dictatorship of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.

Beginning in April 1975, and lasting for three years, eight months and 20 days, ordinary Cambodians were terrorized by a paranoid Communist leader and his brutal regime.

Pol Pot was determined to eradicate the foundations of