Lex Anteinternet: Peoples Army of Vietnam

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Saturday, May 10, 2025

Saturday, May 10, 1975. Cambodian aggression.

The Khmer Rouge captured the Thổ Chu Islands, where they evacuated and later executed 500 Vietnamese civilians.

The PAVN (NVA) launched a counterattack from Phú Quốc and Thổ Chu and attacked Cambodia's Poulo Wai island.

Peace certainly had not come to the region.

The Federal Government announced it would not cover $1.5B in New York expenditures which had been asked for by the city. I can recall this really being a topic of conversation.

Sony introduced the Betamax home videotaping system. It costs $2,488 in 1975 dollars, which would be well over $10,000 now.

Last edition:

Friday, May 9, 1975. The Hmong Genocide.

Labels: 1970s, 1975, Communism, Hmong Genocide, Hmong People, Insurgency in Laos, Laos, Laotian Civil War, Pathet Lao

Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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