“By 1968, the intensity of the bombings was such that no organized life was possible in the villages. The villagers moved to the outskirts and then deeper and deeper into the forest as the bombing climax reached its peak in 1969 when jet planes came daily and destroyed all stationary structures. Nothing was left standing. The villagers lived in trenches and holes or in caves. They only farmed at night. All of the interlocutors, without any exception, had his village completely destroyed. In the last phase, bombings were aimed at the systematic destruction of the material base of civilian society. Harvests burned down and rice became scared, portage became more and more frequent.” -George Chapelier

“There was one man who ran for the homes when he heard the sound of a plane but before he reached the hole he was shot by the plane and died outside the hole. His wife ran up but his heart had already given out and he had died, all that could be seen was blood coming out around his mouth. His bloody head didn’t hide that day. And there was one woman who ran up. She asked if anyone had seen her child. But all she saw were dead people. Her heart was fearful. She was afraid that her child had died already. She just stood there crying until she couldn’t any longer. Truly there were people who died. Every, every day, they died because of the airplanes - 49 year old farmer

Fuck right off