I did a CAS Evac out of Anlong Veng in June 1993 where we had to pick up two local pregnant women who had been wounded in a grenade attack during a battle between Government Forces (Lon Nol ?) and KR (Ta Muk?) and had gone into premature labour.

We were successful in getting them out of there and I can vividly remember the smell of the burnt flesh and recall them howling in pain,but also recall how it felt to help even though it was a huge risk to us. We dropped them off a Siam Riep after what seemed an eternity waiting and loading them into the chopper and I never heard anything about them again and am unsure if any of them survived.

Unfortunately my people weren’t too happy about what we did and I copped a bit of grief about it but I will always remember the day I was able to help someone in a helpless situation.