RedCross feeds children near PhnomPenh. No rockets hit the city in 4 days, the military thinks the Khmer Rouge prepare a major attack. “If the KR break into the city, we will stand on top of our houses fire down and kill them all,”said acting president Saukam Khoy.©@GettyImages https://t.co/PEt2LEY0z2

RT @JimLaurie_Asia: onthisday 45 years ago I was in PhnomPenh Cambodia watching conditions deteriorate. US Emb. put out notice on ongoin… A group of young refugees makes their petition to the world with a wooden placard saying “very hungry”. PhnomPenh, the capital of Cambodia, is suffering a servere food-shortage, and daily more people seek refuge from the advancing Khmer Rouge. OnthisDay © @GettyImages https://t.co/V7u1JSJEDS

A five month old war orphan from Cambodia gets welcoming kisses in Montreal from her new parents. She was one of 23 orphans from Cambodia; united with adoptive parents. © Dick Loek, @AFPphoto https://t.co/fmz5cGFtwY Women and children huddle close together in fear of incoming fire from Khmer Rouge forces of Highway 5, northwest of PhnomPenh. As KR forces move closer to PP, refugee camps just outside the city had to be abandoned. OnThisDay © Tea Kim Heang ,@AP_Images https://t.co/gYdCr29VU6

Government troops wait for the helicopters to land before getting out of their trucks about 6 miles northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. OnThisDay © Jess Tan, @AP_Images https://t.co/BhajE3OPNn Government soldiers ride a motorcycle-drawn cart as they come back from the front lines near Khum Khmuonh, about 6 miles northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. OnthisDayinHistory © Jess Tan, @AP_Images https://t.co/1JkwuuYqog An artilleryman shoves his fingers in his ears as his 155mm howitzer emplaced off Highway 5 north of PhnomPenh fires at a Khmer Rouge position threatens the Cambodian government defense perimeter. OnthisDay © Khuong, @AP_Images https://t.co/R3PFf1zw3Q

Students attend a conference at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (@RUPPedu) to denounce the failure of the government during the conflict with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. OnThisDay © Francoise Demulder, @AFPphoto https://t.co/OFuyWzULPp

A soldier, wearing a sarong and carrying his rifle and two children, returns from the front to Kap Srau, about 6 miles northwest of PhnomPenh,Cambodia. onthisday © Khuong, @AP_Images https://t.co/UWZBGNjty1

The US begins evacuating 15% of its embassy staff of about 200. Embassy staff of the Thai, Japanese, SouthKorean and SouthVietnamese are also evacuated by the US. onthisday via “Kampuchea” by David Kline https://t.co/nCeHgK1Pi4

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 @RNbkk https://t.co/L7SWCaAeAk 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…

To disrupt the US air-bridge which resupplies PhnomPenh with war necessities, the Khmer Rouge are shelling the airport almost on a daily basis. Several provincial cities are surrounded by the KR and are only reached by old DC4s or DC3s planes. From “Years of Turmoil” by @RNbkk https://t.co/dXHtyxf2cB

Government soldiers killed south of PhnomPenh are brought back to the Cambodian capital by navy boats. Grieving families come to collect the bodies near the Japanese bridge. From the excellent book “Years of Turmoil” by @RNbkk https://t.co/8tWjs4zvLG