Former US Ambassador Survived Cambodia's Killing Fields

In San Antonio, Texas there lives a man who counts every day in this country as a blessing -- a man who escaped death in his native Cambodia during the rule of the communist Khmer Rouge and their leader Pol Pot, and lost his entire family to the infamous "Killing Fields." Only 13 years after the tragedy, this man, Sichan Siv, became an aide to a U.S. president and later a U.S. Ambassador. He recounts his story in a new book called "Golden Bones." VOA's Greg Flakus has more on the story from San Antonio.

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[KhmerSerey1]

My condolenses to Mr Ambassador,god bless you,your lovely wife and your missing love ones,i am a survivor myself,i share your lost,you've made us all very proud,i look foreward to reading your book " J'irng Meas ",again god bless you sir,god bless Cambodia,god bless us all and god bless America land of the free.

[SaiyanVes]

The first an coolest "Cambodian Cowboy"

[romcombo72]

One of my relatives is best friends with Sichan Siv's wife. I have met him on more than once before the bokk was published.