European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse A stars and stripes Man Ine december 12, 1993her Campaign for Cambodia Vanna of Strinko a struggle amid War and massacre by Gary Pomeroy the communist insurgents of the Khmer Rouge were using mortar fired rockets to tighten their stranglehold on phenom penh Cambodia on april 7,1975. Dodging the exploding shells 27-year-old Vanna of saw a Man killed As she inched her Way to her Job at the . Embassy. Vanna then a cambodian citizen who used her English language skills for the . Agency for International development feared for her life. Aside from the danger outside she was about to learn that president Ford had ordered the embassy closed and All . Personnel were being evacuated to safety in neighbouring Thailand. Vanna was among the few locals who were Given the option to be Chopp ered out until the Khmer Rouge was beaten Back and peace restored to her Homeland. As history has shown the Khmer Rouge was greatly underestimated. It would be at least two years before the International Community would be convinced of the systematic killing that was under Way in Cambodia. The brutality in Cambodia vividly depicted in the 1984 Academy award winning film the killing Fields continued on Page 4 e4s Vanna of Strinko has become an american citizen and lives in bad Kreuz Nach Germany
