Word: mun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mun is a peaceful little Thai town about a mile from the Cambodian border. Early one morning last week the villagers were awakened by the sound of gunfire. Then, over a loudspeaker came an unfamiliar voice: "We won't kill any Thais. All we will take is some food." Similar sounds awakened Cambodian refugees at two camps straddling the nearby border between Thailand and Cambodia. All too soon they recognized the fatigue-clad intruders who had stolen into their midst under cover of darkness as Vietnamese soldiers. As back-up mortar and artillery fire echoed in the distance...
...main thrust occurred at the two border camps just north of Aranyaprathet. The camps, at Non Mak Mun and Nong Chan, had long been a source of annoyance to the Vietnamese. Non Mak Mun was the headquarters of a Khmer Serei group known as the National Liberation Front of Cambodia. Nong Chan was the main dispersal point for the "land bridge" program, operated by international relief agencies, that distributed rice, seed and other supplies inside Cambodia. The camps were also the sites of huge jungle black markets, where smugglers bought sarongs, watches, cigarettes and other consumer goods for resale...
...dirt crossroads about a mile from the Non Mak Mun camp was a Thai pickup truck. The front windshield was blasted completely away, and a helmet lay on the blood-covered floor. A few hours later, Thai soldiers dragged the body of the driver, one of their men, from the paddy. In another paddyfield, seven dead Vietnamese soldiers were fished out. Suddenly someone yelled 'Incoming!' and we leaped out of the car. Mortar rounds, fired by Vietnamese down the road, were landing very close. After five near hit rounds, we sprinted for a nearby culvert where we cowered...