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National Geographic : 1982 May
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Fresh from combat, a soldier in the fledgling army of the Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea (RPK) returns home on leave to Siem Reap (left). Decorations on his U. S.-made M-16 rifle belie the deadliness of nearby fighting. His cap, he said, came from a Khmer Rouge he had killed the day before. The badge bears the RPK symbol. "Guns are as commonplace as hoes," says Editor Wilbur E. Garrett.For a Phnom Penh boy, a car jack becomes a toy burp gun (above). The 180,000-man Vietnamese occupationforce provides the main strengthpitted againstabout 35,000 Khmer Rouge guerrillas.Smaller independentguerrillaforces also harry RPK and Vietnamese troops. Kampuchea Wakens From a Nightmare 597
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