During the American war this region was completely devasted and depopulated because of extended and bitter fighting. The V.C. used this sacred place as a staging ground for troop movement. In response, the Americans bombed the monuments. Group A was almost completely destroyed by U.S. attacks. The American air force was unable to destroy building A1, the most important monument at My Son. So they helicoptered a sapper team in to destroy it from the ground. Philippe Stern, an expert on Cham art and curator of the Guimet Museum in Paris, wrote a letter of ptotest to president Nixon, who ordered US forces to continue killing the VC, but not to further damage the monuments. (Lonely Planet)
Visable is a bomb crater in front of the main entrance. Here are some unexploded bombs.
I have written about Asian women going to great lengths to avoid sun exposure. Many women wear over the elbow silk gloves. This lady is wearing a specially made shirt covering her hands and fingers but allowing full use of said fingers.
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