1. Vietnam War in Cambodia

2. Timeline Cambodia dragged into the Vietnam War
1965 President Norodom Sihanouk
Five years later General Lon Nol takes over

3. Timeline
In April 1975, the Khmer Rouge forces led by Pol Pot take over Cambodia and rename it Kampuchea.

4. Timeline
Anyone suspected of being tainted with capitalism was targeted
Establish a purely agrarian society
2 million people from starvation and disease
Children separated from parents taught torture methods with animals

8. Refugees
Many fled to Thailand when Vietnamese troops invade to overthrow Pol Pot in 1979
Sent to the US but struggled to continue living

9. The Younger Cambodians still remember and want to maintain their identities but America provides so many opportunities. They feel as though they are being stretched between 2 cultures.