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...goal of interdicting the trail and eliminating base camps that originally lured the U.S. into intervening in both Laos and Cambodia...
Americans killed in South Viet Nam 53,813 In Laos 294 In Cambodia 531 In North Viet Nam 498 Seriously wounded in all Indochina 153,302 Lightly wounded 150,388 Missing 1,249 South Vietnamese killed 196,863 Laotians and Cambodians killed .. Unavailable
...Cambodia 545,000 tons
...those who cared, which did not seem to be many, the epitaph to the U.S. bombing of Cambodia was audible over ordinary radios in Phnom-Penh. As the last curl of smoke disappeared and the final whine of the aircraft faded, a U.S. command plane could be heard talking with its spotter planes and jet fighter-bombers on a regular VHP frequency. "It's really been good working with you," a voice crackled. "Yeah," went the reply. "See you in the next war." Then came the muffled sound of a harmonica playing Turkey in the Straw, followed by silence...
...planes taxied over to ground personnel for a routine "disarming" check. Then they roared to a halt at their stations on the flightline. Precisely 16 minutes before the deadline, the two A-7s of flight mission "Slam" had, in cold service jargon, expended the last American ordnance in Cambodia...