13 April 1975

Government soldiers survey the countryside near Phnom Penh, Cambodia during fights against the Khmer Rouge © Marc Caruhel @AFPphoto https://t.co/hDJTe45ode

With PhnomPenh airport virtually under siege, a government soldier is carried away by his comrades after being injured by a rocket shell fired from an advancing Khmer Rouge position. From “Years of Turmoil” by
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Cambodian children play with an hosepipe at the Olympic stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. © Francoise Demulder, @AFPphoto https://t.co/VFqaKvjpZT

A Cambodian soldier cries as he holds his dead child wrapped in the traditional ‘krama’ in the PhnomPenh military Hospital 400. onthisday © Francoise Demulder, @AFPphoto https://t.co/scxNwkRJDL

A wounded Cambodian man is treated in a gymnasium in Phnom Penh, which was converted to a hospital. onthisdayinhistory © Francoise Demulder, @AFPphoto https://t.co/hDFnNQ3Kgx

President Lon Nol of Cambodia (left), and his wife in Jakarta at a meeting with Adam Malik, Foreign Minister of Indonesia (2nd from right). He is scheduled to spend 10 days relaxing on Bali and then fly to Hawaii for medical treatment. onthisday ©@AP_Images https://t.co/XggtpFsdbc

President Lon Nol of Cambodia enters a helicopter for a trip to PhnomPenh Airport from where he heads for Indonesia and the United States. In the foreground is one of Lon Nol’s young children. ©@AP_Images https://t.co/s79Gsfn6tc

Lon Nol (left) and his wife break into tears during farewell ceremonies at the presidential palace in PhnomPenh before their departure into exile. He did not record a planned farewell address to the nation, which has learned of his plans only from foreign broadcasts. ©@AP_Images https://t.co/TmlEsT8TLs