Saturday, January 9, 2010

Cambodians commemorate the end of the 'Killing Fields'

1/8/2010
By Christina Killion Valdez
Post-Bulletin

Newly married in 1974, Sarasarith Chhum, 57, had everything to look forward to. Unfortunately that newlywed bliss was short-lived.
Months after Chhum and his wife,Vanna, embarked on their life together in their native country of Cambodia, their world was ravaged by misery, starvation and executions during one of the worst genocides of the century.
Yet on Thursday, Chhum was able to look back with gratitude that he, his wife and their young daughter survived the "Killing Fields."

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