There was no one person who more embodied the tragic and horrific story of this genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia than Dith Pran. His harrowing personal story of courage. abandonment. struggle. escape and ultimate survival was recorded for all time in the gripping Academy Awardwinning film "The Killing Fields." After escaping from the Khmer Rouge and making his way across a treacherous border laden with mines. Dith Pran reached a refugee camp in Thailand and ultimately came to the United States. Here while continuing his career as a photojournalist. Dith Pran was a firm and clear voice appealing to the worlds conscience to remember the genocide which occurred in his homeland.