23 April 1979
800 Khmer Rouge, both soldiers and
civilians, crossed into Buri Ram Province, Thailand under pressure from large scale Vietnamese attacks near Samroang. About 50,000 Vietnamese soldiers face 5 to 15,000 Khmer Rouge in Western Cambodia. https://t.co/Hu2pZIdpV8
civilians, crossed into Buri Ram Province, Thailand under pressure from large scale Vietnamese attacks near Samroang. About 50,000 Vietnamese soldiers face 5 to 15,000 Khmer Rouge in Western Cambodia. https://t.co/Hu2pZIdpV8
88 armed Khmer Rouge soldiers cross into Thailand near Poipet. After receiving medical attention, they were given their weapons back & trucked by Thai military to another spot along the border where they reentered Cambodia south of the main Vietnamese drive.