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Journalists killed in Cambodia honored

Here at CBS, we are marking the deaths of nine TV journalists killed 43 years ago this week -- covering the war in Cambodia.

Six of the journalists worked for CBS News: correspondent George Syvertsen; producer Gerry Miller; cameramen Remnik Leckhi and Tomaharu Ishii; soundman Kojiro Sakai; and Sam Leng, a Cambodian interpreter and driver.

In another car, a crew from NBC: Welles Hangen; soundman Roger Colne; and cameraman Yoshiniko Waku.

Read entire article at CBS