Baylor University Institute for Oral History

Albert Cheng

Baylor University Institute for Oral History
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00:00:34 - Family life in Cambodia 00:02:02 - Father's occupation in Phnom Penh

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Keywords: French Occupation, Railway from Phnom Penh to Thailand

00:02:53 - Childhood memories

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Subjects: Hunting, Rice Farming, Trip to the capital (Phnom Penh)

00:07:42 - Military school 00:09:00 - Beginning of Cambodian Civil War 00:10:19 - College

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Subjects: National Road Khmer Rouge Airplane Mother Education Exams Bombings

00:12:24 - First flight on an airplane

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Subjects: Palm Trees, Military, Languages

00:13:24 - Arriving in Phnom Penh 00:16:31 - Conditions in Phnom Penh worsen 00:17:01 - Peaceful times in the past 00:17:52 - Life as the war increases

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Subjects: Bombings by the Khmer Rouge

00:18:55 - 1975: Khmer Rouge takes Phnom Penh

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Subjects: Fleeting feeling of hope, The Killing Fields, AK-4, Family

00:20:27 - Chaos in Phnom Penh & Evacuation

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Subjects: Mass killings, Losing family, National Road Number 5

00:26:38 - Speaking French & Cambodian Dialects 00:27:28 - Khmer Rouge targets

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Subjects: Marks of educated citizens, Fear, Communists, Old Society

00:28:49 - Week-long evacuation from Phnom Penh

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Subjects: Trauma, Exhaustion

Hyperlink: Evacuation
00:29:58 - Escape from Khmer Rouge

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Subjects: Family, Jungle, Stars, Minefields

00:32:39 - Travelling alone through the jungle 00:33:46 - Avoiding capture by the Khmer Rouge 00:34:53 - Capture by the Khmer Rouge 00:36:02 - Transfer to Work Camp 00:36:49 - Life in the Work Camp

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Keywords: "Hell on Earth."

Subjects: Starvation, Beatings, Rice fields, Human mutilation

00:38:14 - Labor

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Subjects: water tunnel, chopping trees, growing corn, fishing, Communism

00:39:18 - "Angkar" Doctrine 00:40:59 - Khmer Rouge Propaganda

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Subjects: meetings, AK-47, interrogation, Angkar theory, fear

00:42:47 - Relations with other inmates

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Subjects: Dialects, family, trust

00:43:45 - North Vietnamese Invasion

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Subjects: Invasion of the North Vietnamese, 1975-1977, executing, spying, killing, malnutrition

00:45:48 - Escape 00:46:43 - Difficulty continuing on

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Keywords: "Life is no more."

Subjects: exhaustion, pain, suffering,

00:47:53 - Escape with a group

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Subjects: chaos, language, Thailand

00:49:45 - Injuries in the Camp

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Subjects: Khmer Rouge, Rice Bags

00:53:32 - Surviving in the jungle

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Subjects: Star and moon, freedom

00:55:55 - Spiritual Development 00:57:56 - Surviving with a group

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Subjects: border, freedom, monkeys, landmines

01:00:54 - Avoiding Khmer Rouge 01:01:49 - Approaching the border with Thailand 01:03:29 - Approaching Refugee Camp 01:06:46 - Arriving at refugee camp 01:11:11 - Forgetting 01:12:30 - Flashbacks 01:13:27 - Loneliness and Isolation 01:14:45 - Sponsored travel to the U.S.

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Subjects: France, New Zealand, Australia, 1980, California, Houston, Dallas

01:19:19 - Communication with Cambodia 01:20:52 - Return to Cambodia 01:21:56 - Cheng family name 01:23:33 - Reunion with brother 01:26:04 - Helping in Cambodia

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Keywords: "Life all over again."

01:26:47 - Finding older sister 01:27:20 - Faith 01:31:29 - Legacy 01:33:46 - Scarf 01:35:24 - Moving images 01:39:20 - Amazing Grace Vision and Song 01:42:17 - Voice for the voiceless