/*
 * Plugin Name: APCu Object Cache
 * Description: APCu backend for the WP Object Cache.
 * Based on Plugin named APCu Object Cache Backend
 * Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/apcu/
 * Author: Pierre Schmitz
 * Author URI: https://pierre-schmitz.com/
 * Plugin URI: https://wordpress.org/plugins/apcu/
 *
 *
 * @Authors James Dugger, Jonathan Bardo
 * @copyright 2017 GoDaddy Inc. 14455 N. Hayden Road Scottsdale, Arizona
 */

$oc_logged_in = false;

foreach ( $_COOKIE as $k => $v ) {

	if ( preg_match( '/^comment_author|wordpress_logged_in_[a-f0-9]+|woocommerce_items_in_cart|PHPSESSID_|edd_wp_session|edd_items_in_cartcc_cart_key|ccm_token/', $k ) ) {

		$oc_logged_in = true;

		break;

	}

}

$oc_blocked_page = ( defined( 'WP_ADMIN' ) || defined( 'DOING_AJAX' ) || defined( 'XMLRPC_REQUEST' ) || 'wp-login.php' === basename( $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] ) );

function wpaas_is_using_apcu() {

	return version_compare( PHP_VERSION, '5.6.0', '>=' ) && function_exists( 'apcu_fetch' );

}


if ( 'cli' !== php_sapi_name() && ! $oc_logged_in && ! $oc_blocked_page && wpaas_is_using_apcu() ) :

	/**
	 * Save the transients to the DB.  The explanation is a bit too long
	 * for code.  The tl;dr of it is that we don't have a single 'fast cache'
	 * source yet (like memcached) and so some long lived items like transients
	 * are still best cached in the db and then brought back into APC
	 *
	 * @param string  $transient
	 * @param mixed   $value
	 * @param int     $expire
	 * @param boolean $site = false
	 *
	 * @return bool
	 */
	function wpaas_save_transient( $transient, $value, $expire, $site = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		// The 'special' transient option names
		$transient_timeout = ( $site ? '_site' : '' ) . '_transient_timeout_' . $transient;
		$transient         = ( $site ? '_site' : '' ) . '_transient_' . $transient;

		// Cap expiration at 24 hours to avoid littering the DB
		if ( $expire == 0 ) {
			$expire = 24 * 60 * 60;
		}

		// Save to object cache
		$wp_object_cache->set( $transient, $value, 'options', $expire );
		$wp_object_cache->set( $transient_timeout, time() + $expire, 'options', $expire );

		// Update alloptions
		$alloptions                       = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
		$alloptions[ $transient ]         = $value;
		$alloptions[ $transient_timeout ] = time() + $expire;
		$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

		// Use the normal update option logic
		if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
			$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
			if ( $site && is_multisite() ) {
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->sitemeta}` ( `option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload` ) VALUES ( %s, UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) + %d, 'yes' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient_timeout,
						$expire
					)
				);
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->sitemeta}` ( `option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload` ) VALUES ( %s, %s, 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient,
						maybe_serialize( $value )
					)
				);
			} else {
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( %s, UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) + %d, 'yes' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient_timeout,
						$expire
					)
				);
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( %s, %s, 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );",
						$transient,
						maybe_serialize( $value )
					)
				);
			}
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
		}

		return true;
	}

	function wpaas_prune_transients() {
		global $wpdb;

		if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb && function_exists( 'is_main_site' ) && function_exists( 'is_main_network' ) ) {

			$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
			$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );

			// Lifted straight from schema.php

			// Deletes all expired transients.
			// The multi-table delete syntax is used to delete the transient record from table a,
			// and the corresponding transient_timeout record from table b.
			$time = time();
			$wpdb->query( "DELETE a, b FROM $wpdb->options a, $wpdb->options b WHERE
		a.option_name LIKE '\_transient\_%' AND
		a.option_name NOT LIKE '\_transient\_timeout\_%' AND
		b.option_name = CONCAT( '_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 12 ) )
		AND b.option_value < $time" );

			if ( is_main_site() && is_main_network() ) {
				$wpdb->query( "DELETE a, b FROM $wpdb->options a, $wpdb->options b WHERE
		a.option_name LIKE '\_site\_transient\_%' AND
		a.option_name NOT LIKE '\_site\_transient\_timeout\_%' AND
		b.option_name = CONCAT( '_site_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 17 ) )
		AND b.option_value < $time" );
			}


			$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * If another cache was flushed or updated, sync across all servers / processes using
	 * the database as the authority.  This uses the database as the authority for timestamps
	 * as well to avoid drift between servers.
	 * @return void
	 */
	function wpaas_init_sync_cache() {

		global $wpdb;

		if ( empty( $wpdb ) || ! ( $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) ) {

			return;

		}

		$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
		$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
		$result = $wpdb->get_results(
			"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$wpdb->options}` WHERE option_name = 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
			ARRAY_A
		);
		$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );

		if ( empty( $result ) ) {

			return;

		}

		$master_flush = false;

		foreach ( $result as $row ) {

			switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {

				case 'current_time' :
					$current_time = $row['option_value'];
					break;

				case 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' :
					$master_flush = $row['option_value'];
					break;

			}

		}

		$local_flush = wp_cache_get( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush' );

		if ( false === $local_flush || $local_flush < $master_flush ) {

			wp_cache_flush( true );

			wp_cache_set( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush', $current_time );

		}

	}

	/**
	 * Start default implementation of object cache
	 */

	if ( ! defined( 'WP_APC_KEY_SALT' ) ) {

		define( 'WP_APC_KEY_SALT', '' );

	}

	function wp_cache_add( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire );

			return $wp_object_cache->add( "_transient_$key", $data, 'options', $expire );
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire, true );

			return $wp_object_cache->add( "_site_transient_$key", $data, 'site-options', $expire );
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->add( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_incr( $key, $n = 1, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->incr2( $key, $n, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_decr( $key, $n = 1, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->decr( $key, $n, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_close() {
		return true;
	}

	function wp_cache_delete( $key, $group = '' ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"DELETE FROM `{$wpdb->prefix}options` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s );",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					)
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}

			$wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'options' );

			// Update alloptions
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			unset( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] );
			unset( $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] );
			$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

			return $wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_$key", 'options' );
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$table = $wpdb->options;
				if ( is_multisite() ) {
					$table = $wpdb->sitemeta;
				}
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"DELETE FROM `{$table}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s );",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					)
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}
			$wp_object_cache->delete( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'site-options' );

			// Update alloptions
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			unset( $alloptions["_site_transient_$key"] );
			unset( $alloptions["_site_transient_timeout_$key"] );
			$wp_object_cache->set( 'alloptions', $alloptions, 'options' );

			return $wp_object_cache->delete( "_site_transient_$key", 'site-options' );
		}

		return $wp_object_cache->delete( $key, $group );
	}

	function wp_cache_flush( $local_flush = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( ! $local_flush ) {
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$wpdb->query( "INSERT INTO `{$wpdb->options}` (`option_name`, `option_value`, `autoload`) VALUES ( 'gd_system_last_cache_flush', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ), 'no' ) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `option_name` = VALUES ( `option_name` ), `option_value` = VALUES ( `option_value` ), `autoload` = VALUES ( `autoload` );" );
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
			}
		}

		return $wp_object_cache->flush();
	}

	function wp_cache_get( $key, $group = '', $force = false ) {
		global $wp_object_cache, $wpdb;

		if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
			$alloptions = $wp_object_cache->get( 'alloptions', 'options' );
			if ( isset( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] ) && isset( $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] ) && $alloptions["_transient_timeout_$key"] > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $alloptions["_transient_$key"] );
			}
			$transient = $wp_object_cache->get( "_transient_$key", 'options', $force );
			$timeout   = $wp_object_cache->get( "_transient_timeout_$key", 'options', $force );
			if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
			}
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$result = $wpdb->get_results(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$wpdb->options}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s ) UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
						"_transient_{$key}",
						"_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					),
					ARRAY_A
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
				if ( ! empty( $result ) ) {
					$transient    = false;
					$timeout      = false;
					$current_time = time();
					foreach ( $result as $row ) {
						switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {
							case "_transient_$key" :
								$transient = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case "_transient_timeout_$key" :
								$timeout = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case 'current_time' :
								$current_time = $row['option_value'];
								break;
						}
					}
					if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > $current_time ) {
						return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
					}
				}
			}

			return false;
		} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
			$transient = $wp_object_cache->get( "_site_transient_$key", 'options', $force );
			$timeout   = $wp_object_cache->get( "_site_transient_timeout_$key", 'options', $force );
			if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > time() ) {
				return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
			}
			if ( ! empty( $wpdb ) && $wpdb instanceof wpdb ) {
				$table = $wpdb->options;
				if ( is_multisite() ) {
					$table = $wpdb->sitemeta;
				}
				$flag = $wpdb->suppress_errors;
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( true );
				$result = $wpdb->get_results(
					$wpdb->prepare(
						"SELECT option_name, option_value FROM `{$table}` WHERE option_name IN ( %s, %s ) UNION SELECT 'current_time', UNIX_TIMESTAMP( NOW() ) AS option_value;",
						"_site_transient_{$key}",
						"_site_transient_timeout_{$key}"
					),
					ARRAY_A
				);
				$wpdb->suppress_errors( $flag );
				if ( ! empty( $result ) ) {
					$transient    = false;
					$timeout      = false;
					$current_time = time();
					foreach ( $result as $row ) {
						switch ( $row['option_name'] ) {
							case "_site_transient_$key" :
								$transient = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case "_site_transient_timeout_$key" :
								$timeout = $row['option_value'];
								break;
							case 'current_time' :
								$current_time = $row['option_value'];
								break;
						}
					}
					if ( false !== $transient && ! empty( $timeout ) && $timeout > $current_time ) {
						return maybe_unserialize( $transient );
					}
				}
			}

			return false;
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->get( $key, $group, $force );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_init() {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( mt_rand( 1, 100 ) == 42 ) {

			wpaas_prune_transients();

		}

		add_action( 'muplugins_loaded', 'wpaas_init_sync_cache' );

		$wp_object_cache = new APCu_Object_Cache();

	}

	function wp_cache_replace( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->replace( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
	}

	function wp_cache_set( $key, $data, $group = '', $expire = 0 ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		if ( defined( 'WP_INSTALLING' ) == false ) {
			if ( 'transient' == $group ) {
				return wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire );
			} elseif ( 'site-transient' == $group ) {
				return wpaas_save_transient( $key, $data, $expire, true );
			} else {
				return $wp_object_cache->set( $key, $data, $group, $expire );
			}
		} else {
			return $wp_object_cache->delete( $key, $group );
		}
	}

	function wp_cache_switch_to_blog( $blog_id ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		return $wp_object_cache->switch_to_blog( $blog_id );
	}

	function wp_cache_add_global_groups( $groups ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		$wp_object_cache->add_global_groups( $groups );
	}

	function wp_cache_add_non_persistent_groups( $groups ) {
		global $wp_object_cache;

		$wp_object_cache->add_non_persistent_groups( $groups );
	}

	class GD_APCu_Object_Cache {

		private $prefix = '';
		private $local_cache = array();
		private $global_groups = array();
		private $non_persistent_groups = array();
		private $multisite = false;
		private $blog_prefix = '';

		public function __construct() {
			global $table_prefix;

			$this->multisite   = is_multisite();
			$this->blog_prefix = $this->multisite ? get_current_blog_id() . ':' : '';
			$this->prefix      = DB_HOST . '.' . DB_NAME . '.' . $table_prefix;
		}

		private function get_group( $group ) {
			return empty( $group ) ? 'default' : $group;
		}

		private function get_key( $group, $key ) {
			if ( $this->multisite && ! isset( $this->global_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->prefix . '.' . $group . '.' . $this->blog_prefix . ':' . $key;
			} else {
				return $this->prefix . '.' . $group . '.' . $key;
			}
		}

		public function add( $key, $data, $group = 'default', $expire = 0 ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( function_exists( 'wp_suspend_cache_addition' ) && wp_suspend_cache_addition() ) {
				return false;
			}
			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
				return false;
			}
			// FIXME: Somehow apcu_add does not return false if key already exists
			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) && apcu_exists( $key ) ) {
				return false;
			}

			if ( is_object( $data ) ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = clone $data;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = $data;
			}

			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return apcu_add( $key, $data, (int) $expire );
			}

			return true;
		}

		public function add_global_groups( $groups ) {
			if ( is_array( $groups ) ) {
				foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
					$this->global_groups[ $group ] = true;
				}
			} else {
				$this->global_groups[ $groups ] = true;
			}
		}

		public function add_non_persistent_groups( $groups ) {
			if ( is_array( $groups ) ) {
				foreach ( $groups as $group ) {
					$this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] = true;
				}
			} else {
				$this->non_persistent_groups[ $groups ] = true;
			}
		}

		public function decr( $key, $offset = 1, $group = 'default' ) {
			if ( $offset < 0 ) {
				return $this->incr( $key, abs( $offset ), $group );
			}

			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) && $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] - $offset >= 0 ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] -= $offset;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = 0;
			}

			if ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
			} else {
				$value = apcu_dec( $key, $offset );
				if ( $value < 0 ) {
					apcu_store( $key, 0 );

					return 0;
				}

				return $value;
			}
		}

		public function delete( $key, $group = 'default', $force = false ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			unset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] );
			if ( ! isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return apcu_delete( $key );
			}

			return true;
		}

		public function flush() {
			$this->local_cache = array();
			// TODO: only clear our own entries
			apcu_clear_cache();

			return true;
		}

		public function get( $key, $group = 'default', $force = false, &$found = null ) {
			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( ! $force && isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
				$found = true;
				if ( is_object( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) ) {
					return clone $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
				} else {
					return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
				}
			} elseif ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				$found = false;

				return false;
			} else {
				$value = @apcu_fetch( $key, $found );
				if ( $found ) {
					if ( $force ) {
						$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = $value;
					}

					return $value;
				} else {
					return false;
				}
			}
		}

		public function incr2( $key, $offset = 1, $group = 'default' ) {
			if ( $offset < 0 ) {
				return $this->decr( $key, abs( $offset ), $group );
			}

			$group = $this->get_group( $group );
			$key   = $this->get_key( $group, $key );

			if ( isset( $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] ) && $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] + $offset >= 0 ) {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] += $offset;
			} else {
				$this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ] = 0;
			}

			if ( isset( $this->non_persistent_groups[ $group ] ) ) {
				return $this->local_cache[ $group ][ $key ];
			} else if ( function_exists( 'apcu_inc' ) ) {
				$value = apcu_inc( $key, $offset );
				if ( $value < 0 ) {
					apcu_store( $key, 0 );

					return 0;
				}

				return $value;
			}

			return false;
		}

		public function replace( $key, $data, $group = 'default', $expire = 0 ) {
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At first glance, Sting does not look like a person about whom you can tell something unusual or show some unseen photos. But not for the Oldpics! Moreover, we decided to mention not only Sting photos but a few fantastic videos. And yes, we know that we’re the ‘Old Pictures,’ </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">not the Old Videos.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_6043" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6043" class="size-full wp-image-6043" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-Paul-McCartney-1989.-McCartney-said-he-would-like-to-be-the-author-of-a-song-like-22Fields-of-Gold22.jpg" alt="Sting and Paul McCartney, 1989. McCartney said he would like to be the author of a song like Fields of Gold" width="1000" height="1166" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-Paul-McCartney-1989.-McCartney-said-he-would-like-to-be-the-author-of-a-song-like-22Fields-of-Gold22.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-Paul-McCartney-1989.-McCartney-said-he-would-like-to-be-the-author-of-a-song-like-22Fields-of-Gold22-257x300.jpg 257w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-Paul-McCartney-1989.-McCartney-said-he-would-like-to-be-the-author-of-a-song-like-22Fields-of-Gold22-878x1024.jpg 878w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-Paul-McCartney-1989.-McCartney-said-he-would-like-to-be-the-author-of-a-song-like-22Fields-of-Gold22-768x895.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-Paul-McCartney-1989.-McCartney-said-he-would-like-to-be-the-author-of-a-song-like-22Fields-of-Gold22-360x420.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-Paul-McCartney-1989.-McCartney-said-he-would-like-to-be-the-author-of-a-song-like-22Fields-of-Gold22-150x175.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6043" class="wp-caption-text">Sting and Paul McCartney, 1989. McCartney said he would like to be the author of a song like Fields of Gold</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sting nickname stuck to the musician due to his younger years’ performances in a bee costume (check one those photos below). Well, not precisely a bee, but still wearing a sweater with black and yellow stripes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the way, another gifted kid, Neil Tennant, co-founder of the Pet Shop Boys duo, went to the same school with Sting. Neil was only three grades younger.</span></p>
<p>Check out our collection of <a href="https://oldpics.net/rock-bands-photos-before-they-became-popular/">Early photos of famous musicians</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_6047" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6047" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6047" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life.jpg" alt="Young Sting in the very im" width="1000" height="998" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life-300x300.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life-150x150.jpg 150w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life-768x766.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life-360x359.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life-640x640.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Young-Sting-in-the-very-image-that-gave-him-the-nickname-for-the-rest-of-his-life-96x96.jpg 96w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6047" class="wp-caption-text">Young Sting in the photo that gave him the nickname for the rest of his life</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On October 2, 1951, the singer was born in the north of England in Wallsend’s port city. Like many yet-not-famous-rock-stars, he has tried a million professions: bus conductor, football coach, English teacher. There was a time when he was a tax collector. It was the worst job, according to Sting.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_6044" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6044" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6044" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-The-Police-trio-in-New-York-1978-.jpg" alt="Sting and The Police trio in New York, 1978" width="1000" height="679" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-The-Police-trio-in-New-York-1978-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-The-Police-trio-in-New-York-1978--300x204.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-The-Police-trio-in-New-York-1978--768x521.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-The-Police-trio-in-New-York-1978--360x244.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-and-The-Police-trio-in-New-York-1978--150x102.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6044" class="wp-caption-text">Sting and The Police trio in New York, 1978</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the beginning, Sting shared his popularity with two bandmates from The Police. The band released their first album in 1978, and it also featured the early hit &#8220;Roxanne&#8221; (which was initially born not as a reggae song at all, but as a lullaby for a baby).</span></p>
<div id="attachment_6040" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6040" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6040" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Police.jpg" alt="Police" width="1000" height="667" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Police.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Police-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Police-768x512.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Police-360x240.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Police-150x100.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6040" class="wp-caption-text">The Police</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Police have always appeared in public in the form of ash blondes. And this image has a bright background!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1977, the gum manufacturer Wrigley commissioned a commercial and hired a little-known English director, Ridley Scott. The video required an unnamed rock band with dazzling blonde hair. The unknown guys from The Police agreed to participate. The advertisement did not hit the air, but the group decided to use the white-haired image during their performances.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_6041" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6041" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6041" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-center-during-the-game-in-the-Last-Exit-group-mid-70s-.jpg" alt="Sting (center) during the game in the Last Exit group, mid-70s" width="1000" height="574" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-center-during-the-game-in-the-Last-Exit-group-mid-70s-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-center-during-the-game-in-the-Last-Exit-group-mid-70s--300x172.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-center-during-the-game-in-the-Last-Exit-group-mid-70s--768x441.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-center-during-the-game-in-the-Last-Exit-group-mid-70s--360x207.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-center-during-the-game-in-the-Last-Exit-group-mid-70s--150x86.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6041" class="wp-caption-text">Sting (center) during the game in the Last Exit group, the mid-70s</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sting had a chance to play chess with Garry Kasparov. He took part in a show match against the grandmaster in 2000 in New York. It was a simultaneous session. It took Kasparov fifty minutes to beat all five.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_6039" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6039" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6039" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word.jpg" alt="Madonna, Sting, Tupac, 1994. Three people at once, whom everyone recognizes by a nickname from one word" width="1000" height="1000" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word-300x300.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word-150x150.jpg 150w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word-768x768.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word-360x360.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word-640x640.jpg 640w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Madonna-Sting-Tupac-1994.-Three-people-at-once-whom-everyone-recognizes-by-a-nickname-from-one-word-96x96.jpg 96w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6039" class="wp-caption-text">Madonna, Sting, Tupac, 1994. Three people with a one-word nickname at once.</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sting is a remarkable actor. He starred in Dune, The Bride (he played Dr. Frankenstein there), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, and, of course, ‘Lock, Stock, Two Barrels.’</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And his first film work was the role in the semi-cult drama &#8220;Quadrophenia&#8221; in 1979, based on the British band’s album The Who (and not a musical at all).</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sting also starred in the 1989 Broadway show ‘The Threepenny Opera.’</span></p>
<div id="attachment_6045" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6045" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6045" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-with-Gianni-and-Donatello-Versace-and-Elton-John.-Sting-is-one-of-the-patrons-of-the-AIDS-Foundation-which-Elton-founded.-.jpg" alt="Sting with Gianni and Donatello Versace and Elton John. Sting is one of the patrons of the AIDS Foundation, which Elton founded." width="1000" height="600" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-with-Gianni-and-Donatello-Versace-and-Elton-John.-Sting-is-one-of-the-patrons-of-the-AIDS-Foundation-which-Elton-founded.-.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-with-Gianni-and-Donatello-Versace-and-Elton-John.-Sting-is-one-of-the-patrons-of-the-AIDS-Foundation-which-Elton-founded.--300x180.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-with-Gianni-and-Donatello-Versace-and-Elton-John.-Sting-is-one-of-the-patrons-of-the-AIDS-Foundation-which-Elton-founded.--768x461.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-with-Gianni-and-Donatello-Versace-and-Elton-John.-Sting-is-one-of-the-patrons-of-the-AIDS-Foundation-which-Elton-founded.--360x216.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Sting-with-Gianni-and-Donatello-Versace-and-Elton-John.-Sting-is-one-of-the-patrons-of-the-AIDS-Foundation-which-Elton-founded.--150x90.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6045" class="wp-caption-text">Sting with Gianni and Donatello Versace and Elton John. Sting is one of the patrons of the AIDS Foundation, which Elton founded.</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every reference book and Wikipedia will tell you that Sting&#8217;s full name is Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner. However, Sting himself does not associate himself with this name in any way. Back in 1985, a journalist called the musician Gordon in an interview. Sting immediately replied: “My children call me Sting, my mother calls me Sting. Who the fuck is Gordon?&#8221;</span></p>
<div id="attachment_6046" style="width: 1010px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6046" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-6046" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Stings-in-one-shot.-Guess-who-is-a-musician-and-who-is-a-wrestler.jpg" alt="Two Stings in one shot. Guess who is a musician and who is a wrestler?" width="1000" height="701" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Stings-in-one-shot.-Guess-who-is-a-musician-and-who-is-a-wrestler.jpg 1000w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Stings-in-one-shot.-Guess-who-is-a-musician-and-who-is-a-wrestler-300x210.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Stings-in-one-shot.-Guess-who-is-a-musician-and-who-is-a-wrestler-768x538.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Stings-in-one-shot.-Guess-who-is-a-musician-and-who-is-a-wrestler-360x252.jpg 360w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Two-Stings-in-one-shot.-Guess-who-is-a-musician-and-who-is-a-wrestler-150x105.jpg 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /><p id="caption-attachment-6046" class="wp-caption-text">Two Stings in one photo. Guess who is a musician and who is a wrestler?</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unlike most successful bands that fell apart at their peak due to squabbling and irreconcilable ambition, The Police had a very different case. It&#8217;s just that the time has come.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sting recalled that on August 18, 1983, they performed at the legendary New York stadium Shea (where The Beatles themselves played at the height of Beatlemania). And right during the show, the artist felt that he had conquered Everest. There is no higher mountain to climb. Therefore, The Police were paused, without an official disband.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, other musicians look at the situation a little differently, assuring that, in any case, they are tired of Sting.</span></p>
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<div id="attachment_2986" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2986" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-2986" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Police-1977.jpg" alt="Police-1977" width="600" height="385" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Police-1977.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Police-1977-300x193.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /><p id="caption-attachment-2986" class="wp-caption-text">Early photos of Sting and The Police, 1977</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The award-winning American wrestling star Stephen James Borden also has a nickname Sting. Interestingly, he claimed it earlier than a musician did. Therefore, when Sting had to buy the rights for the pseudonym from the wrestler.</span></p>
<p><div class="embed-container"><iframe loading="lazy" title="Gasparov Playing Chess with Sting and the Police 2001" width="1140" height="855" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nDSQTItI9as?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is Sting who sings, &#8220;I want my MTV&#8221; in Dire Straits&#8217;s &#8220;Money for Nothing.” From now on, you will listen to this song in a completely different way, sorry.</span></p>
<p><div class="embed-container"><iframe loading="lazy" title="Sting&#039;s scenes as Ace Face in Quadrophenia (1979)" width="1140" height="641" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kwe7vuNZleY?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sting doesn&#8217;t want to be featured in a biopic, as is actively encouraged these days. “I am absolutely against it. I don&#8217;t want that. I already describe my life through art. &#8220;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And Sting doesn&#8217;t want his many children to inherit a $ 400 million inheritance. According to the musician, for them, it will become a yoke around their necks. Besides, Sting hopes to spend all this money in full!</span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5831" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shotgun-instead-of-bong.jpg" alt="Weed shotgunning in Vietnam" width="1200" height="877" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shotgun-instead-of-bong.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shotgun-instead-of-bong-300x219.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shotgun-instead-of-bong-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shotgun-instead-of-bong-768x561.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shotgun-instead-of-bong-360x263.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" />You may have watched the weed shotgunning scene in Oliver Stone’s Platoon movie. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Believe it or not, it was a common practice during the War in Vietnam in the 1970s. Just take a look at these historical ‘shotgunning weed’ pictures!</span></h3>
<p>Oldpics has already published some noteworthy pictures of the <a href="https://oldpics.net/vintage-pictures-of-us-navy-sailors-spending-free-time-hawaii-1945/">US Navy sailors during their free time</a> in Hawaii in 1945. Let&#8217;s take a look at the marine&#8217;s routine during the Vietnam War.</p>
<h3>How the weed shotgunning was invented</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1970, the US army in Vietnam switched from offensive operations to training South Vietnamese troops and holding garrison defenses. Trying to deal with boredom and low morale, many began to smoke marijuana. Note that in Vietnam, you can find cannabis as easy as high schoolers do. It grows literally everywhere, and its quality is just excellent. At the same time, unlike high schoolers, US soldiers didn’t have any tobacco paper or bong, so here why that used what they had: shotguns. Here’s how the weed shotgunning was invented!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On November 13, 1970, a documentary team captured American soldiers in a small jungle clearing in War Zone D, 50 miles northeast of Saigon. The team leader Vito is a 20-year-old recruit from Philadelphia. He demonstrated how his squad used a 12-gauge &#8216;Ralph&#8217; (nickname) shotgun for the cameras.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vito discharged the barrel, inserted a lighted pipe with marijuana into it, and invited his comrades to inhale the smoke that came from the long barrel. Yes, that’s how shotgunning weed looks like!</span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/the-war-in-vietnam-in-pictures-by-horst-faas/">The war in Vietnam in pictures by Horst Faas</a></h3>
<div id="attachment_5828" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5828" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5828" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-smoking-in-Vietnam.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="845" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-smoking-in-Vietnam.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-smoking-in-Vietnam-300x211.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-smoking-in-Vietnam-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-smoking-in-Vietnam-768x541.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-smoking-in-Vietnam-360x254.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5828" class="wp-caption-text">In this photo, soldiers in fire support base Aries, a small clearing in the jungles of War Zone D, 50 miles from Saigon, smoke marijuana using a shotgun they nicknamed &#8220;Ralph,&#8221; Nov. 13, 1970.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5829" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5829" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5829 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-was-an-easy-thing-to-find-in-Vietnam.jpg" alt="Cannabis during the Vietnam War" width="1200" height="862" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-was-an-easy-thing-to-find-in-Vietnam.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-was-an-easy-thing-to-find-in-Vietnam-300x216.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-was-an-easy-thing-to-find-in-Vietnam-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-was-an-easy-thing-to-find-in-Vietnam-768x552.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Cannabis-was-an-easy-thing-to-find-in-Vietnam-360x259.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5829" class="wp-caption-text"> All&#8217;s fair in a war&#8230; when you stay high.</p></div>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5830" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/How-weed-shotgunning-was-intvented.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="857" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/How-weed-shotgunning-was-intvented.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/How-weed-shotgunning-was-intvented-300x214.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/How-weed-shotgunning-was-intvented-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/How-weed-shotgunning-was-intvented-768x548.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/How-weed-shotgunning-was-intvented-360x257.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></p>
<div id="attachment_5832" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5832" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5832 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shotgunning-weed.jpg" alt="Vietnam War and cannabis" width="1200" height="862" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shotgunning-weed.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shotgunning-weed-300x216.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shotgunning-weed-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shotgunning-weed-768x552.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Shotgunning-weed-360x259.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5832" class="wp-caption-text"> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_5833" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5833" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5833 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-shotgunning-weed-in-pictures-1970.jpg" alt="Weed shotgunning in Vietnam" width="1200" height="889" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-shotgunning-weed-in-pictures-1970.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-shotgunning-weed-in-pictures-1970-300x222.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-shotgunning-weed-in-pictures-1970-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-shotgunning-weed-in-pictures-1970-768x569.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-shotgunning-weed-in-pictures-1970-360x267.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5833" class="wp-caption-text"> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_5834" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5834" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5834 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-smoking-cannabis-in-Vietnam-1970s.jpg" alt="Weed shotgunning in Vietnam" width="1200" height="848" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-smoking-cannabis-in-Vietnam-1970s.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-smoking-cannabis-in-Vietnam-1970s-300x212.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-smoking-cannabis-in-Vietnam-1970s-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-smoking-cannabis-in-Vietnam-1970s-768x543.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-smoking-cannabis-in-Vietnam-1970s-360x254.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5834" class="wp-caption-text"> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_5835" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5835" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5835 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-tried-to-keep-their-morale-high.jpg" alt="Pot Through the Years" width="1200" height="864" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-tried-to-keep-their-morale-high.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-tried-to-keep-their-morale-high-300x216.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-tried-to-keep-their-morale-high-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-tried-to-keep-their-morale-high-768x553.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/US-soldiers-tried-to-keep-their-morale-high-360x259.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5835" class="wp-caption-text"> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_5836" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5836" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5836 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vietnam-war-1970.jpg" alt="Vietnam war 1970" width="1200" height="861" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vietnam-war-1970.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vietnam-war-1970-300x215.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vietnam-war-1970-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vietnam-war-1970-768x551.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vietnam-war-1970-360x258.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5836" class="wp-caption-text"> </p></div>
<div id="attachment_5837" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5837" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5837 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vito-a-recruit-from-Philadelphia-.jpg" alt="Vito, a recruit from Philadelphia" width="1200" height="854" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vito-a-recruit-from-Philadelphia-.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vito-a-recruit-from-Philadelphia--300x214.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vito-a-recruit-from-Philadelphia--1024x729.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vito-a-recruit-from-Philadelphia--768x547.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Vito-a-recruit-from-Philadelphia--360x256.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5837" class="wp-caption-text">Vito, a recruit from Philadelphia</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5838" style="width: 1210px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5838" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-5838 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weed-shotgunning.jpg" alt="Weed shotgunning in Vietnam" width="1200" height="849" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weed-shotgunning.jpg 1200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weed-shotgunning-300x212.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weed-shotgunning-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weed-shotgunning-768x543.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Weed-shotgunning-360x255.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5838" class="wp-caption-text"> </p></div>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 11:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>(Last update: 22 September 2020. 20 new photos added) Rock music history starts with these photos. All these rock bands became popular...</p>
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<h4><span style="font-weight: 400;">(Last update: 22 September 2020. 20 new photos added)</span></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rock music history starts with these photos. All these rock bands became popular in a year or two after these photos were made. And all of them had hundreds if not thousands of stylish photoshoots then, with professional lights, makeup, and expensive cameras involved. But not on these pictures, which are not even credited because they were made by the band’s friends or relatives when they didn’t believe that photo heroes will become world-famous.</span></p>
<h3>Even more music history photos!</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On many of these music history photos of the bands you used to listen to, you’ll find unknown faces, even if you used to think that you know rock music well. Don’t be surprised: bandmembers joined and departed, the lineup changed often. For example, the initial lead vocalist of The Queen left the band because he didn’t believe that Jon Taylor and Brian May will ever produce a good song. He switched to the jazz band instead and finished his musical career a few</span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/rock-music-photo-history-of-60s-in-33-pictures/">Rock music photo history of the 60s in 33 pictures</a></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">years later. The Rolling Stones started as a band of five members, while you may know them as quartets. The Pink Floyd starts with Sid Barret as a vocalist, who left the band after Gilmore joined the team. Now this history of rock music stays in photos.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And there’s one thing which connects all these music history photos: integrity—a pure young-hood, raw talents, without layers added by popularity, producers, and labels.</span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/20-rare-pictures-from-uk-tour-of-bob-dylan-in-1965-and-1966/">20 Rare pictures from UK tour of Bob Dylan in 1965 and 1966</a></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2971 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ACDC-1978.jpg" alt="ac\dc music history photos" width="600" height="394" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ACDC-1978.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ACDC-1978-300x197.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></span></p>
<p><strong>AC\DC, 1978:</strong> This photo was taken in Sydney, 5 years after the band was founded, and two years before their first hit album &#8220;Highway to hell.&#8221; Vocalist and song co-writer Bon Scott is still here: he&#8217;ll pass away in two years because of alcohol poisoning.</p>
<div id="attachment_5463" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5463" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5463" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DC.jpg" alt="Early AC\DC photo" width="665" height="743" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DC.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DC-269x300.jpg 269w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DC-360x402.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5463" class="wp-caption-text">This photo of AC\DC looks even younger. Circa 1969</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2972 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Aerosmith-NYC-1973.jpg" alt="Aerosmith, history photo" width="600" height="417" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Aerosmith-NYC-1973.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Aerosmith-NYC-1973-300x209.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></span></p>
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<p id="caption-attachment-15309" class="wp-caption-text"><strong>Aerosmith,  1973:</strong> This photo in New York was taken a few months after its first album release. Originally formed in Boston, the band recorded their song &#8220;Dream on&#8221; in NYC this year.</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2973 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Black-Sabbath-1970-.jpg" alt="Black Sabbath music history photos" width="600" height="413" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Black-Sabbath-1970-.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Black-Sabbath-1970--300x207.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></span></p>
<p><strong>Black Sabbath, 1970: </strong>band released two albums in 1970th: &#8220;Black Sabbath&#8221; and &#8220;Paranoid.&#8221; This photo was taken between records sessions. Though it received a negative critical response, the album was a commercial success, leading to Paranoid&#8217;s follow-up record<i>.</i></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2974 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Deep-Purple-1968-.jpg" alt="music history photos" width="600" height="471" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Deep-Purple-1968-.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Deep-Purple-1968--300x236.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Deep-Purple-1968--400x314.jpg 400w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><strong>Deep Purple, 1968: </strong>this photo was made in May, in London, where bandmates recorded their debut album. It will top the UK chart and hit the 4th position in the US in just four months.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2975 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Depeche-Mode-1981.jpg" alt="Depeche Mode music history photos" width="600" height="487" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Depeche-Mode-1981.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Depeche-Mode-1981-300x244.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><strong>Depeche Mode, 1981: </strong>originally founded by Michael Gore and Andy Fletcher in 1977, the band changed its name several times until they gained David Gahan in 1980, and recorded their first album &#8220;Speak and spell&#8221; in 1981, which brought Depeche Mode on the top of the new wave.</p>
<div id="attachment_5468" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5468" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5468" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Depeche-Mode.jpg" alt="Young Depeche Mode photo" width="665" height="425" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Depeche-Mode.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Depeche-Mode-300x192.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Depeche-Mode-360x230.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5468" class="wp-caption-text">And this photo of Depeche Mode. Dave Gahan is so young&#8230;</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2976 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/KISS-1976.jpg" alt="Kiss, early photo" width="600" height="428" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/KISS-1976.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/KISS-1976-300x214.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><strong>Kiss, 1973: </strong>The started as Wicked Lester but renamed to &#8220;Kiss&#8221; in 1973 when guitarist Ace Frehley joined the band. The most bizarre photos in the rock history of the 70s picture this band.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2977 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Metallica-1983.jpg" alt="Metallica, history photo" width="600" height="405" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Metallica-1983.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Metallica-1983-300x203.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Metallica, 1983: </strong>the band was formed in Los Angeles in late 1981 when Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper, The Recycler, which read, &#8220;Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head, and Iron Maiden.&#8221;Guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_5474" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5474" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5474" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Metallica.jpg" alt="" width="665" height="508" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Metallica.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Metallica-300x229.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Metallica-360x275.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5474" class="wp-caption-text">It may seem that this photo of Metallica was taken during their school years.</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2978 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pink-Floyd-1968.jpg" alt="Pink Floyd music history photos" width="508" height="640" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pink-Floyd-1968.jpg 508w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pink-Floyd-1968-238x300.jpg 238w" sizes="(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px" /></span></p>
<p><strong>Pink Floyd, 1968: </strong>the tipping point time of the band. David Gilmour has already joined them, and Syd Barret hasn&#8217;t left yet. In several months Barret will depart for the solo career, and Gilmour will lead Floyd to its golden age.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2979 size-full" style="font-size: inherit;" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-1984.jpg" alt="RHCP early photo" width="600" height="399" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-1984.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Red-Hot-Chili-Peppers-1984-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p>
<p><strong>Red Hot Chilly Peppers, 1984:<span style="font-weight: 400;"> formed by classmates at Fairfax High School in 1983, the band consisted of singer Anthony Kiedis, guitarist Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea, and drummer Jack Irons. Los Angeles never received such love from a single rock band since The Doors times.</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> <img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2980 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sex-Pistols-Люксембург-1977-год.jpg" alt="Sex Pistols 1977 photo" width="600" height="393" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sex-Pistols-Люксембург-1977-год.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sex-Pistols-Люксембург-1977-год-300x197.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Sex Pistols, 1977:</strong> This photo was made in the mid-1977 when Sid Vicious has replaced Glen Matlock. Genius managed by Malcolm McLaren, the band has a bombshell effect, changing the rock landscape forever. “Rock is sick and lives in London” was a headline for a cover story in the Rolling Stone magazine covering Sex Pistols phenomena.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_5482" style="width: 670px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5482" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5482" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Sex-Pistols.jpg" alt="The Sex Pistols young" width="660" height="371" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Sex-Pistols.jpg 660w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Sex-Pistols-300x169.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Sex-Pistols-360x202.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5482" class="wp-caption-text">Another early photo of The Sex Pistols</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2981 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Beatles-1957.jpg" alt="The Beatles history photo" width="600" height="397" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Beatles-1957.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Beatles-1957-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><strong>The Beatles, 1957: </strong>Sir Paul McCartney is 15 on this photo, brought by parents to participate in a no-name band performance somewhere in Liverpool. Rock music history starts with this photo.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2982 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U2-1979.jpg" alt="early photo U2" width="600" height="396" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U2-1979.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U2-1979-300x198.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><strong>U2, 1979: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1976, Larry Mullen Jr., <a href="https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/music-rock.htm">then a 14-year-old student at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin</a>, Ireland, posted a note on the school&#8217;s notice board in search of musicians a new band. Six people responded and met at his house on 25 September. Set up in the kitchen, Mullen was on drums, with Paul Hewson (&#8220;Bono&#8221;) on lead vocals; David Evans (&#8220;the Edge&#8221;) and his older brother Dik Evans on guitar; Adam Clayton, a friend of the Evans brothers, on bass guitar;</span></p>
<div id="attachment_5484" style="width: 670px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5484" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5484" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U2.jpg" alt="U2 teenagers" width="660" height="489" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U2.jpg 660w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U2-300x222.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/U2-360x267.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5484" class="wp-caption-text">And this U2 photo</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2983 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Van-Halen-1972.jpg" alt="Van Halen, early photo" width="600" height="392" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Van-Halen-1972.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Van-Halen-1972-300x196.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /> </span></p>
<p><strong>Van Halen, 1972: </strong>Edie Van Halen formed his band in 1971, and took him 10 years to become one of the most popular and influential rock groups in the US. If Mozart was alive in the 20th century, his name was Van Halen, The Roling  Stone magazine wrote at the beginning of the 80s.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2984" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Дебютный-концерт-The-Rolling-Stones-на-сцене-лондонского-клуба-Marquee-Club-12-июля-1962-года..jpg" alt="" width="600" height="398" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Дебютный-концерт-The-Rolling-Stones-на-сцене-лондонского-клуба-Marquee-Club-12-июля-1962-года..jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Дебютный-концерт-The-Rolling-Stones-на-сцене-лондонского-клуба-Marquee-Club-12-июля-1962-года.-300x199.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></span></p>
<p><strong>Rolling Stones, 1962: </strong>it&#8217;s their first performance ever. So many albums, titles, and outsold concerts lay before them. How can you imagine music history without this photo?</p>
<div id="attachment_5481" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5481" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5481" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Rolling-Stones-1.jpg" alt="Young members The Rolling Stones" width="665" height="502" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Rolling-Stones-1.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Rolling-Stones-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Rolling-Stones-1-360x272.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5481" class="wp-caption-text">Young members of The Rolling Stones</p></div>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2987 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Doors-1965.jpg" alt="The Doors early photo" width="600" height="467" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Doors-1965.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Doors-1965-300x234.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p>
<p><strong>The Doors, 1965: </strong>the band was formed this year, and believe it or not, not so many rock performers were brave enough to list a keyboardist among the bandmembers. Ray Manzarek was such a keyboardist. A genius behind Jim Morrisson&#8217;s charisma who fueled the band&#8217;s success.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-2986 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Police-1977.jpg" alt="The Police early photo" width="600" height="385" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Police-1977.jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Police-1977-300x193.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p>
<p><strong>The Police, 1977: </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history, the line-up consisted of primary songwriter Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar), and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Emerging in the British new wave scene, they played a rock style influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. Considered one of the Second British Invasion leaders of the U.S., in 1983, Rolling Stone labeled them &#8220;the first British New Wave act to a breakthrough in America on a grand scale, and possibly the biggest band the world.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_5483" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5483" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5483" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Smiths.jpg" alt="The Smiths" width="665" height="609" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Smiths.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Smiths-300x275.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Smiths-360x330.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5483" class="wp-caption-text">The Smiths</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5480" style="width: 669px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5480" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5480" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Prodigy.jpg" alt="The Prodigy" width="659" height="504" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Prodigy.jpg 659w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Prodigy-300x229.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Prodigy-360x275.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5480" class="wp-caption-text">The Prodigy</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5479" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5479" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5479" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Cure.jpg" alt="The Cure" width="665" height="373" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Cure.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Cure-300x168.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Cure-360x202.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5479" class="wp-caption-text">The Cure</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5478" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5478" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5478" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SODOM.jpg" alt="SODOM" width="665" height="480" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SODOM.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SODOM-300x217.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/SODOM-360x260.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5478" class="wp-caption-text">SODOM</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5477" style="width: 664px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5477" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5477" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sepultura.jpg" alt="Sepultura" width="654" height="473" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sepultura.jpg 654w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sepultura-300x217.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sepultura-360x260.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5477" class="wp-caption-text">Sepultura</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5476" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5476" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5476" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/R.E.M..jpg" alt="R.E.M." width="665" height="460" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/R.E.M..jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/R.E.M.-300x208.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/R.E.M.-360x249.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5476" class="wp-caption-text">R.E.M.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5475" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5475" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5475" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Napalm-Death.jpg" alt="Napalm Death" width="665" height="388" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Napalm-Death.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Napalm-Death-300x175.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Napalm-Death-360x210.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5475" class="wp-caption-text">Napalm Death</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5473" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5473" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5473" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Mayhem.jpg" alt="Mayhem" width="665" height="589" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Mayhem.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Mayhem-300x266.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Mayhem-360x319.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5473" class="wp-caption-text">Mayhem</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5472" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5472" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5472" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Manic-Street-Preachers.jpg" alt="Manic Street Preachers" width="665" height="420" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Manic-Street-Preachers.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Manic-Street-Preachers-300x189.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Manic-Street-Preachers-360x227.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5472" class="wp-caption-text">Manic Street Preachers</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5471" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5471" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5471" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Judas-Priest.jpg" alt="Judas Priest" width="665" height="426" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Judas-Priest.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Judas-Priest-300x192.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Judas-Priest-360x231.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5471" class="wp-caption-text">Judas Priest</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5470" style="width: 668px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5470" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5470" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Iron-Maidan.jpg" alt="Iron Maiden" width="658" height="389" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Iron-Maidan.jpg 658w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Iron-Maidan-300x177.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Iron-Maidan-360x213.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5470" class="wp-caption-text">Iron Maiden</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5469" style="width: 671px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5469" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5469" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Green-Dau.jpg" alt="Green Day" width="661" height="468" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Green-Dau.jpg 661w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Green-Dau-300x212.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Green-Dau-360x255.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 661px) 100vw, 661px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5469" class="wp-caption-text">Green Day</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5467" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5467" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5467" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Def-Lepard.jpg" alt="Def Leppard" width="665" height="456" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Def-Lepard.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Def-Lepard-300x206.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Def-Lepard-360x247.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5467" class="wp-caption-text">Def Leppard</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5466" style="width: 673px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5466" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5466" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bee-Gees.jpg" alt="Bee Gees" width="663" height="449" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bee-Gees.jpg 663w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bee-Gees-300x203.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Bee-Gees-360x244.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5466" class="wp-caption-text">Bee Gees</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5465" style="width: 670px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5465" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5465" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Beastie-Boys.jpg" alt="Beastie Boys" width="660" height="440" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Beastie-Boys.jpg 660w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Beastie-Boys-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Beastie-Boys-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5465" class="wp-caption-text">Beastie Boys</p></div>
<div id="attachment_5464" style="width: 675px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5464" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5464" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Anthrax.jpg" alt="Anthrax" width="665" height="493" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Anthrax.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Anthrax-300x222.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Anthrax-360x267.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5464" class="wp-caption-text">Anthrax</p></div>
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		<title>Tennis Girl: the story behind the iconic poster photo, 1976</title>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-5251" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-with-a-Tennis-Girl-picture.jpg" alt="Fiona Butler with a Tennis Girl picture" width="800" height="533" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-with-a-Tennis-Girl-picture.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-with-a-Tennis-Girl-picture-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-with-a-Tennis-Girl-picture-768x512.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-with-a-Tennis-Girl-picture-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />We believe that the ‘Tennis Girl’ photo increased the number of those wishing to become tennis players in 1976. Later this image became an iconic one, and we’ll hardly find a person on the planet who has not seen it. After all, the picture &#8220;Tennis Girl&#8221; became the best-selling in the printing giant Athena. Its circulation is calculated in the millions. And we are talking about legal copies only! This image is nothing like <a href="https://oldpics.net/all-pulitzer-prize-photos-1942-1967/">Pulitzer Prize photo</a> or outstanding <a href="https://oldpics.net/100-most-important-pictures-in-history/">historical picture</a>, but there is also an interesting story behind it.</span></p>
<h3>Fiona Butler, a Tennis Girl that never played tennis</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The picture was taken at the tennis court of the University of Birmingham.  18-year-old Fiona Butler was acted as a Tennis Girl. It was a very warm September,  and Fiona agreed to pose for a pin-up photo series by her 30-year-old boyfriend, photographer Martin Elliot.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_5252" style="width: 1078px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5252" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-5252" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Iconic-Tennis-Girl-photo.jpg" alt="An Iconic Tennis Girl photo" width="1068" height="1600" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Iconic-Tennis-Girl-photo.jpg 1068w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Iconic-Tennis-Girl-photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Iconic-Tennis-Girl-photo-684x1024.jpg 684w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Iconic-Tennis-Girl-photo-768x1151.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Iconic-Tennis-Girl-photo-1025x1536.jpg 1025w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/An-Iconic-Tennis-Girl-photo-360x539.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1068px) 100vw, 1068px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5252" class="wp-caption-text">An Iconic Tennis Girl photo</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The preparation for the photo session took almost no time. Fiona asked her friend Carol Knott for a tennis dress; Carol also gave Fiona her racket. As you may guess, Fiona Butler never played tennis before. Moreover, she gave everything back after the photo session and a box of chocolates as a bonus. Father lent Fiona sports slippers, and we suspect the parent little knew about the nature of the photo session. Butler’s family dog ​​borrowed some old tennis balls, which he used to play. Well, that’s all you need to take an iconic Tennis Girl photo.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There were only the photographer and the model during this photo session. “I shot only one film,” Elliot recalled years later. “This is not enough for a photographer. I hoped that I captured a good shot. &#8221; Well, he captured one. Elliot showed the shot to the Athena photo agency, and they bought it immediately.</span></p>
<h3>Tennis Girl started as a poster</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Tennis Girl&#8221; picture appeared in the calendar of the company in 1977 for the first time. It has stayed at print kiosks, bookstores, teenagers’ rooms, and truckers&#8217; cabins since then. The photograph was especially popular as a poster. They sold it at 2 pounds for a copy. The Tennis Player even survived the company&#8217;s collapse in 1994.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_5253" style="width: 962px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5253" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-5253" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-holding-a-Tennis-Girl-photo.jpg" alt="Fiona Butler holding a photo" width="952" height="1009" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-holding-a-Tennis-Girl-photo.jpg 604w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-holding-a-Tennis-Girl-photo-283x300.jpg 283w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fiona-Butler-holding-a-Tennis-Girl-photo-360x381.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px" /><p id="caption-attachment-5253" class="wp-caption-text">Fiona Butler holding a photo</p></div>
<h3>What happened then?</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And what happened to the model and photographer? Fiona and Martin were together for three years. Martin became a respected photographer and died in 2010 of cancer. Fiona is married, has three children, and works as an illustrator.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fiona never received royalties from big photo sales, but she has no regrets about it. In general, she recalls his sensational model experience with great warmth: “I was amazed that what we did so easily that September afternoon became so popular &#8230; I like that this photo for its mysterious atmosphere.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Carol Knotts, who once so successfully borrowed a dress and a racket, sold them at an auction at Wimbledon in 2014. The racket price was £ 2,000, and the dress cost £ 15,000.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Of course, photography, like any celebrity, is accompanied by scandals. So, in 2015, Peter Atkinson from Cornwell made a statement that he took a photograph.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-4981" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rugby-players-waving-to-rescue-helicopters-.jpg" alt="Rugby players waving to rescue helicopters Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571" width="930" height="671" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rugby-players-waving-to-rescue-helicopters-.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rugby-players-waving-to-rescue-helicopters--300x217.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Rugby-players-waving-to-rescue-helicopters--360x260.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px" />People will never forget the blood-chilling story of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Oldpics decided to publish some of the unseen photos of that horrible 1972 accident, citing the memories of the survivor &#8211;  Fernando Parrado.</span></p>
<h3>The happy life of Nando Parrado</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fernando Parrado was a 22-year-old student at the prestigious Catholic College Stella Marie in Montevideo throughout the summer of 1972. He lived a happy student life. He drove friends in his Renault along the ocean coast, swam in deserted lagoons, taking pictures of girls, and ate his mother&#8217;s lunch at home. On top of this, Fernando trained with the university rugby team ‘Old Christians.’ This team was one of the best rugby teams in Uruguay. In October of 1972, Fernando Parrado and the ‘Old Christians’ boarded Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 and directed Chile for a friendly match.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4971" style="width: 1116px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4971" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-4971" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/22Old-Christians22-in-full-force-.jpg" alt="'Old Christians' Rugby team in full force" width="1106" height="722" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/22Old-Christians22-in-full-force-.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/22Old-Christians22-in-full-force--300x196.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/22Old-Christians22-in-full-force--360x235.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1106px) 100vw, 1106px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4971" class="wp-caption-text">&#8216;Old Christians&#8217; Rugby team in full force, 1972.</p></div>
<h3>The tragical Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Their relatives and friends also went to cheer for the athletes and visit another country. The company booked the twin-engine Fairchild, which could take  45 people, including the crew. </span></p>
<h3>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/delta-airplane-highjacking-1972/">Delta airplane highjacking, 1972</a></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Friday, 13 October, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, with passengers on board, struck a wing over an unnamed rock in the Andes at an altitude of 4,000 meters.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Nando regained consciousness, several teammates were already sitting nearby. They explained to him what had happened. After colliding with a rock, their plane was torn off both wings and tail. The twisted fuselage buried itself in the snow, which softened the collision. Thanks to this, 28 out of 45 people survived. Nando&#8217;s mother died, 19-year-old Susie was seriously injured and did not recover. The Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 got off the radar. </span></p>
<div id="attachment_4973" style="width: 1094px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4973" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4973" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-reproduction-of-the-plane-involved-in-the-crash..jpg" alt="A reproduction of the plane involved in the crash of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571" width="1084" height="774" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-reproduction-of-the-plane-involved-in-the-crash..jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-reproduction-of-the-plane-involved-in-the-crash.-300x214.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-reproduction-of-the-plane-involved-in-the-crash.-360x257.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4973" class="wp-caption-text">It&#8217;s the plane that was used for the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571.</p></div>
<h3>The horrors of the survival</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was so cold at night hours that you could only sleep inside the fuselage. The survivors crawled outside at day time and tried to give signs to the rescuers. They were obviously looking for the crashed Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. Survivors saw at least two planes that flew past but did not notice the people waving their hands. It remained only to gather all the strength and wait.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nando spent the next few days with his sister. He warmed her legs and arms. He drowned water in his palms to water her, and all the time, whispered that the worst thing would soon end. They would be found and taken home. On the eighth night, Nando felt that Susie&#8217;s body was different in his arms. She stopped breathing. The next morning, he buried his sister next to her mother.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4986" style="width: 1113px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4986" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4986" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/There-was-a-camera-in-one-of-the-suitcases.-In-the-first-weeks-of-waiting-the-guys-took-a-lot-of-pictures.-.jpg" alt="The victims of the plane crash Andes mountains" width="1103" height="756" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/There-was-a-camera-in-one-of-the-suitcases.-In-the-first-weeks-of-waiting-the-guys-took-a-lot-of-pictures.-.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/There-was-a-camera-in-one-of-the-suitcases.-In-the-first-weeks-of-waiting-the-guys-took-a-lot-of-pictures.--300x206.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/There-was-a-camera-in-one-of-the-suitcases.-In-the-first-weeks-of-waiting-the-guys-took-a-lot-of-pictures.--360x247.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1103px) 100vw, 1103px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4986" class="wp-caption-text">There was a camera in one of the suitcases. The guys took a lot of pictures during the first weeks after the crash.</p></div>
<h3>And survivors got trapped. </h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now he fully realized the horror of the situation. Mountains and snow stretched all around to the horizon. There was no vegetation, no animals around the crash site of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571. A few days ago, the pitiful supply of nuts, cheese, and wine that should have been given to them on the flight ran out.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nando joined his comrades, who methodically searched the dead&#8217;s luggage and pockets for days on end, looking for something edible. They turned all the stones around the crash site, looking for sprouts or worms. The frozen ground was the only thing they found. They tried to eat leather straps of bags. Although they realized that chemically treated leather was unlikely to benefit their unhappy stomachs. In the end, they opened the plane seats because someone suggested there might be straw there. Little they knew, but Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 used a very modern plane for their flight.  The only thing they found was lightweight uneatable foam.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the morning, the survivors sluggishly continued to search for food. Simultaneously, everyone felt that their only way out of the situation had already become obvious to the whole group.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4983" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4983" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4983 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-remains-of-the-fuselage..png" alt="It's all what left of the fuselage of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 plane." width="1024" height="484" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-remains-of-the-fuselage..png 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-remains-of-the-fuselage.-300x142.png 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-remains-of-the-fuselage.-768x363.png 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-remains-of-the-fuselage.-360x170.png 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4983" class="wp-caption-text">It&#8217;s all that left of the fuselage of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 plane.</p></div>
<h3>How the plane crash survivors started cannibalization</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On a ninth day after the crash, a medic student Roberto Canessa gathered everyone near the plane&#8217;s remains. He stated that they all have two options. The first is to stay in the fuselage, save energy, and wait for the rescue. The second is to start eating the dead&#8217;s frozen bodies: the dead no longer needs flesh. Then the rest will have the energy to try to get out of the trap. You need to explore the surroundings, find the tail of the plane. They planned to find the batteries and revive the transmitter in the cockpit. That was the advice of the mechanic that he told him about before his death.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A heavy silence. &#8220;Will God forgive us for this?&#8221; &#8211; whispered one of the Old Christians. “God will not forgive you if you refuse to live,” Roberto replied. They all ate the &#8220;body of Christ&#8221; and drank its &#8220;blood&#8221; during the sacrament. The discussion on the issue&#8217;s ethical side continued until the evening, but none of the guys opposed it.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4980" style="width: 1074px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4980" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-4980" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Overnight-stay-inside-the-fuselage-of-the-crashed-plane.jpg" alt="Rugby team players inside the fuselage of the crashed plane" width="1064" height="709" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Overnight-stay-inside-the-fuselage-of-the-crashed-plane.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Overnight-stay-inside-the-fuselage-of-the-crashed-plane-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Overnight-stay-inside-the-fuselage-of-the-crashed-plane-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1064px) 100vw, 1064px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4980" class="wp-caption-text">Rugby team players inside of the fuselage of the crashed plane</p></div>
<h3>The most difficult choice in a life</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Things settled down at dusk. Everyone realized that they had reached an agreement. It remained to decide who would execute the decision. Who is brave enough to cut the meat of a dead friend? “I’ll do it,” Roberto said. Another medical student volunteered to go with him.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">All the survivors agreed that their bodies might be eaten in the event of death.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finally, they had the energy to do something. They organized an expedition, planned to climb up the trail of the fuselage that had moved down. They planned to find the tail of the plane and extract its batteries. However, the searchers came back with nothing. They found only one fragment of a wing and a few dead bodies. However, it was a good find.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4977" style="width: 761px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4977" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-4977" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disaster-victims-on-suitcases.-October-1972-.jpg" alt="Disaster victims on suitcases. October 1972" width="751" height="890" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disaster-victims-on-suitcases.-October-1972-.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disaster-victims-on-suitcases.-October-1972--253x300.jpg 253w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Disaster-victims-on-suitcases.-October-1972--360x427.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4977" class="wp-caption-text">Disaster victims on suitcases. They used these pieces of luggage to mark the crash site so that rescuers could notice them. October 1972</p></div>
<h3>And now comes the avalanche. </h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the evening of October 29, the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash victims once occupied the aircraft fuselage again. Nando woke up. He felt an icy touch with his face. In the next second, a cold, snowy mass fell on him. As Nando tried to inhale, but snow poured into his mouth, his ears, and nose. He realized that he was about to suffocate.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At that moment, a hand tore through the snow in front of his face. Nando was able to breathe. He guessed that his friends were digging him up. An avalanche covered the fuselage at night. The snow entrapped some of the sleeping people. Eight of them died after this accident.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4976" style="width: 948px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4976" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-4976" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Clearing-the-plane-from-snow.-November-4-1972-.jpg" alt="Guys tried to make the plane better noticeable by cleaning the plane from snow. November 4, 1972" width="938" height="683" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Clearing-the-plane-from-snow.-November-4-1972-.jpg 665w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Clearing-the-plane-from-snow.-November-4-1972--300x218.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Clearing-the-plane-from-snow.-November-4-1972--360x262.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4976" class="wp-caption-text">Guys tried to make the plane better noticeable by cleaning the plane from the snow. November 4, 1972</p></div>
<h3><span class="">Plane crash cannibalism</span></h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The survivors spent a few days inside their shelter, buried under the snow. A heavy blizzard continued outside, so it was impossible to start digging. The worst thing was that the captives were deprived of food—the bodies laid under a thick layer of snow.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the third day of the snow prison, one of the survivors decided to act. He found a piece of glass and started to dig.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On the fourth day, the sun came out, and people could dig out from under the snow. Survivors were now confident that rescuers would see the camp from the air if they continued to search for them.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4979" style="width: 1050px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4979" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-4979" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fernando-Nando-Parrado-after-being-rescued..jpg" alt="Medics escort Fernando “Nando” Parrado." width="1040" height="784" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fernando-Nando-Parrado-after-being-rescued..jpg 593w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fernando-Nando-Parrado-after-being-rescued.-300x226.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Fernando-Nando-Parrado-after-being-rescued.-360x271.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1040px) 100vw, 1040px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4979" class="wp-caption-text">Medics escort Fernando “Nando” Parrado.</p></div>
<h3>S.O.S</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In parallel, the group did not leave attempts to find the tail of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 plane. They found it by mid-November.  It took another week to connect the batteries to the transmitter. However, despite all the efforts, nothing worked. In the end, the rugby players realized that the mechanic was mistaken. The transmitter was a part of the general network of the aircraft. It couldn’t work alone.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">More than a month and a half have passed since the disaster. The rescuers should have stopped searching for them. The food supply was coming to an end. Now they gotta do what they could not even think of before: the brain, liver, lungs&#8230;</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4974" style="width: 908px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4974" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4974" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Canessa-and-Fernando-Parrado..jpg" alt="Canessa and Fernando Parrado survived the crash of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571" width="898" height="606" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Canessa-and-Fernando-Parrado..jpg 600w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Canessa-and-Fernando-Parrado.-300x203.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Canessa-and-Fernando-Parrado.-360x243.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4974" class="wp-caption-text">Canessa and Fernando Parrado.</p></div>
<h3>Last hope</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It was decided to go for help. The guys sewed a sleeping bag using insulation in the plane&#8217;s sides and material from the seats. One of the rugby players found a set of needles in the mother’s purse.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On December 12, Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa, and an unknown survivor were able to take a long march. They got up early on a sunny morning and headed west. They decided to go until they were alive.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On a ninth day, Nando and Roberto reached the camp of the shepherds. Their third companion could not go further and remained to die in the mountains. On December 22, helicopters with rescuers reached the crash site of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 and rescued the rest.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4975" style="width: 918px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4975" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4975 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chilean-Air-Force-medics-examine-survivors-after-the-rescue-Dec.-23-1972..jpg" alt="medics examine the survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 " width="908" height="1403" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chilean-Air-Force-medics-examine-survivors-after-the-rescue-Dec.-23-1972..jpg 908w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chilean-Air-Force-medics-examine-survivors-after-the-rescue-Dec.-23-1972.-194x300.jpg 194w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chilean-Air-Force-medics-examine-survivors-after-the-rescue-Dec.-23-1972.-663x1024.jpg 663w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chilean-Air-Force-medics-examine-survivors-after-the-rescue-Dec.-23-1972.-768x1187.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chilean-Air-Force-medics-examine-survivors-after-the-rescue-Dec.-23-1972.-360x556.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4975" class="wp-caption-text">Medics examine the survivors of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 plane crash.</p></div>
<h3>Coming out</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rugby players who rose from the dead have become national heroes in Uruguay. They tried to keep their secret first. However, journalists began to guess what people ate during the two-month adventure. The sensation spread the world. Very soon, the surviving heroes realized that cannibalism attracted more people than they could have imagined.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Soon after, they met together as usual and decided that they would still make it to Chile to play their rematch there. <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/04/160403-andes-uruguay-rugby-cannibal-plane-crash-canessa-ngbooktalk/">On October 12, 1975</a>, rugby players from Stella Marie College boarded the plane again. They played the match the next day in Santiago, exactly three years later. Since then, the Friendship Cup has been held annually.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4982" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4982" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4982" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Andes.-James-St.-John-Flickr.jpg" alt="The Andes. James St. John: Flickr" width="1024" height="708" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Andes.-James-St.-John-Flickr.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Andes.-James-St.-John-Flickr-300x207.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Andes.-James-St.-John-Flickr-768x531.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Andes.-James-St.-John-Flickr-360x249.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4982" class="wp-caption-text">The Andes. James St. John: Flickr</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4985" style="width: 1034px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4985" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4985 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-site-of-the-crash..jpg" alt="The site of the crash Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571" width="1024" height="768" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-site-of-the-crash..jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-site-of-the-crash.-300x225.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-site-of-the-crash.-768x576.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-site-of-the-crash.-360x270.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4985" class="wp-caption-text">The site of the crash.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4972" style="width: 918px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4972" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4972" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-throws-a-handful-of-earth-over-the-common-grave-of-29-victims-of-the-plane-that-crashed-in-the-Andes-in-1972..jpg" alt="The common grave of the victims of the plane that crashed in the Andes" width="908" height="532" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-throws-a-handful-of-earth-over-the-common-grave-of-29-victims-of-the-plane-that-crashed-in-the-Andes-in-1972..jpg 908w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-throws-a-handful-of-earth-over-the-common-grave-of-29-victims-of-the-plane-that-crashed-in-the-Andes-in-1972.-300x176.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-throws-a-handful-of-earth-over-the-common-grave-of-29-victims-of-the-plane-that-crashed-in-the-Andes-in-1972.-768x450.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/A-man-throws-a-handful-of-earth-over-the-common-grave-of-29-victims-of-the-plane-that-crashed-in-the-Andes-in-1972.-360x211.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4972" class="wp-caption-text">The common grave of the victims of the plane that crashed in the Andes</p></div>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4895" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-collapse.jpg" alt="Banqiao dam collapse" width="800" height="465" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-collapse.jpg 800w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-collapse-300x174.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-collapse-768x446.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-collapse-360x209.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />Banqiao Dam collapse happened in August of 1975. This catastrophe killed 200 thousand people.</span></p>
<h3>A help from USSR</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Chinese built a dam on the Zhuhe River with the vast assistance of Soviet consultants. The construction started in 1951, and it looked conscientiously. The Dam was an ambitious project within the Great Leap strategy of the <a href="https://oldpics.net/mao-zedong-proclaims-prc-1941/">young Chinese communist state</a> and <a href="https://oldpics.net/rare-pictures-of-young-mao-zedong/">Mao Zedong</a>. and It seemed like the dam had to live through the centuries and never collapse. The dam&#8217;s durability had to survive the floods and some major cataclysms that occur no more than once in a thousand years.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, in 1975 there was a flood never seen before. It was a kind of cataclysm that happens once in a thousand years! No engineers put such loads into the design projections.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4896" style="width: 1204px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4896" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4896" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-water-streaming-through-the-Banqiao-dam-after-its-collapse.jpg" alt="The water streaming through the Banqiao dam after its collapse" width="1194" height="750" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-water-streaming-through-the-Banqiao-dam-after-its-collapse.jpg 1194w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-water-streaming-through-the-Banqiao-dam-after-its-collapse-300x188.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-water-streaming-through-the-Banqiao-dam-after-its-collapse-1024x643.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-water-streaming-through-the-Banqiao-dam-after-its-collapse-768x482.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-water-streaming-through-the-Banqiao-dam-after-its-collapse-360x226.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4896" class="wp-caption-text">The water streaming through the Banqiao dam after its collapse</p></div>
<h3>A typhoon that caused a dam collapse</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The flushing rains brought the record of precipitation &#8211; 1631 mm per day! Add the fact that the Banqiao dam system was part of an even larger dam network covering a vast  ​​China area.</span></p>
<h4>Read more: <a href="https://oldpics.net/swimming-mao-zedong-1966/">Swimming Mao Zedong, 1966</a></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Shimantan Dam was the first to withstand the pressure of water. The overloading masses of water broke it at half-past midnight on August 8. Half an hour later, the water flow reached the network of dams in Banqiao. Even a solid dam construction couldn’t dodge the collapse when dealing with these volumes of water. The most modern and massive Banqiao Dam could not handle the load. In total, 62 dams collapsed like dominoes that night!</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4897" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4897" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4897" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-2.jpg" alt="The horrible aftermath" width="700" height="483" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-2.jpg 700w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-2-300x207.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Banqiao-dam-2-360x248.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4897" class="wp-caption-text">The horrible aftermath</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4898" style="width: 742px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4898" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4898" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/f973d8_677d08ca68a248c0a622ed17daa09d75.jpg" alt="Banqiao Dam destruction" width="732" height="560" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/f973d8_677d08ca68a248c0a622ed17daa09d75.jpg 732w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/f973d8_677d08ca68a248c0a622ed17daa09d75-300x230.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/f973d8_677d08ca68a248c0a622ed17daa09d75-360x275.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4898" class="wp-caption-text">Banqiao Dam destruction</p></div>
<h3>The Aftermath</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A wave was 10 kilometers wide, and it was powerful enough to equal the cities and villages! Its height reached seven meters. Many provinces were flooded, and, what is sad, not only civilians were killed, but also those services that could have helped them. Only a few lucky settlements managed to evacuate before the arrival of high water.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">26 thousand people died immediately. But since there was no transport, no medicine, no sewage system, no food in the region for several weeks, epidemics and famine broke out. It took another two hundred thousand souls. The total number of victims of the Banqiao Dam collapse ranges from 171 to 230 thousand.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There could be many more casualties and destruction. Luckily the Chinese authorities sent planes to bomb some of the surviving dams so that the water would go in the required direction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rebuilding the destruction proved to be an almost impossible task, even for communist China. They manage to repair all the dams by 1993. The notorious Banqiao Dam restarted too.</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The scene in the photo ended the drama of the airplane highjacking. It all happened on July 31, 1972, when a Delta...</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4789" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Delta-airplane-highjacking-1972-.jpg" alt="Delta airplane highjacking, 1972" width="990" height="685" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Delta-airplane-highjacking-1972-.jpg 990w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Delta-airplane-highjacking-1972--300x208.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Delta-airplane-highjacking-1972--768x531.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Delta-airplane-highjacking-1972--360x249.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 990px) 100vw, 990px" />The scene in the photo ended the drama of the airplane highjacking. It all happened on July 31, 1972, when a Delta Airlines passenger plane, Flight 841 Detroit &#8211; Miami, was seized by members of the Black Liberation Army (in other words, terrorists). There were five terrorists in total (plus three children). There were 94 civilians and seven crew members on board. Terrorists captured the Delta airplane shortly after it took off. It was a terrorist’s classic: criminals hide the gun in the Bible with pages cut out under it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the hijacking, the airplane landed in Miami right on schedule. The terrorists freed 86 people. Remaining passengers and crew flew to Boston then. This photo was taken in Boston.</span></p>
<h3>When Airplane highjacking goes right</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The terrorists did not plan to stay in the United States. Algeria was their destination point. They demanded to refuel, provisions, and a million dollars in cash for this long-distance flight. Terrorists got what they wanted in Boston. In the photo, we see how engineer Ronald S. Fudge carries a suitcase with money and provisions to the plane. He had to wear underpants only so that the terrorists can see that he has no weapons). Ronald boarded a plane and flew with the terrorists and crew to African shores.</span></p>
<h3>An Algerian story</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Terrorists released the plane In Algeria. The crew flew back to the United States (a long hard day, indeed), while the terrorists were taken into custody. However, they were released in a few days. Relations between the United States and Algeria hit bottom in 1967 after the Arab-Israeli war. Here’s why local authorities considered that hijacking an American plane was not such a crime.</span></p>
<h3>Justice will come</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And yet, justice was done: in 1976, four out of five terrorists were arrested in Paris. Justice reached the fifth in 2011 when he was visiting Portugal.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the way, capturing hostages was the most popular type of <a href="https://oldpics.net/munich-massacre-history-facts-and-pictures/">terrorist activity in the 1970s.</a></span></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter wp-image-4689 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-marine-and-kids-are-hiding-from-the-Vietkong-sniper.jpg" alt="Famous picture of Vietnamese kids and US marine by Horst Faas" width="940" height="626" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-marine-and-kids-are-hiding-from-the-Vietkong-sniper.jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-marine-and-kids-are-hiding-from-the-Vietkong-sniper-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-marine-and-kids-are-hiding-from-the-Vietkong-sniper-768x511.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-marine-and-kids-are-hiding-from-the-Vietkong-sniper-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" />Horst Faas was an outstanding war photographer. His brilliant photos won the Pulitzer award twice. Combat photography of the war in South Viet Nam during 1964 won the first prize. This publication at Oldpics focuses on Vietnamese series by Horst Faas.</span></p>
<h3>The glory of the war cameramen</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horst Faas was a talented photographer. Not even just a talented, but, rather, a brilliant front-line correspondent. They&#8217;re not so many masters of the level of Horst Faas. We can compare his photography with war essays of <a href="https://oldpics.net/pacific-battles-of-ww2-in-pictures-by-w-eugene-smith/">Eugene Smith</a>, <a href="https://oldpics.net/a-story-of-saigon-execution-photo-by-eddie-adams-1968/">Eddie Adams</a>, <a href="https://oldpics.net/the-molotov-man-and-other-nicaragua-photos/">Susan Meiselas</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Vietnam photos made Horst Faas world-known. He worked at AP for decades, and its editor-in-chief Caitlyn Carroll said that Horst was perhaps his most irreplaceable employee and an excellent friend.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4691" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4691" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4691" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Women-and-children-hiding-in-a-ditch-at-Bao-Trai-20-miles-west-of-Saigon-January-1-1966.jpg" alt="Women and children hiding in a ditch at Bao Trai, 20 miles west of Saigon" width="940" height="619" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Women-and-children-hiding-in-a-ditch-at-Bao-Trai-20-miles-west-of-Saigon-January-1-1966.jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Women-and-children-hiding-in-a-ditch-at-Bao-Trai-20-miles-west-of-Saigon-January-1-1966-300x198.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Women-and-children-hiding-in-a-ditch-at-Bao-Trai-20-miles-west-of-Saigon-January-1-1966-768x506.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Women-and-children-hiding-in-a-ditch-at-Bao-Trai-20-miles-west-of-Saigon-January-1-1966-360x237.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4691" class="wp-caption-text">Women and children hiding in a ditch at Bao Trai, 20 miles west of Saigon, January 1, 1966</p></div>
<h3>Mixed army feelings about Horst Faas</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Faas didn&#8217;t try to show US soldiers as heroes all the time. And here&#8217;s why some officers didn&#8217;t like his photography. &#8220;This is a terrible photo,&#8221; complained one of the commanders. &#8220;I don&#8217;t want these pictures of my squad. Soldiers look sleepy and tired. They are in a fighting squad.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Faas tried to explain that their exhaustion reflects their combat experience; six months later, this photograph became so popular that the same commander invited Faasa once more to take new pictures of his platoon.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4687" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4687" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4687" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-site-of-a-bomb-explosion-at-the-US-Embassy-in-Saigon-March-30-1965.-AP-Photo.jpg" alt="The site of a bomb explosion at the US Embassy in Saigon" width="940" height="608" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-site-of-a-bomb-explosion-at-the-US-Embassy-in-Saigon-March-30-1965.-AP-Photo.jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-site-of-a-bomb-explosion-at-the-US-Embassy-in-Saigon-March-30-1965.-AP-Photo-300x194.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-site-of-a-bomb-explosion-at-the-US-Embassy-in-Saigon-March-30-1965.-AP-Photo-768x497.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-site-of-a-bomb-explosion-at-the-US-Embassy-in-Saigon-March-30-1965.-AP-Photo-555x360.jpg 555w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-site-of-a-bomb-explosion-at-the-US-Embassy-in-Saigon-March-30-1965.-AP-Photo-360x233.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4687" class="wp-caption-text">The site of a bomb explosion at the US Embassy in Saigon, March 30, 1965.</p></div>
<h3>A deadly risk</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Faas risked all the way to take his photographs. And there&#8217;s at least one case when he was just lucky enough to survive. On December 6, 1967, he was wounded in the legs by an anti-tank grenade in Bu Dopa, South Vietnam. A young American doctor managed to stop the bleeding, recalling this event when meeting with Faas 20 years later. The doc said: &#8220;You were so gray and pale, I thought you&#8217;re finished.&#8221;</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4679" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4679" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4679" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-is-aproaching-a-helicopter-after-a-whole-day-spent-with-US-rangers.jpg" alt="Horst Faas is approaching a helicopter after a whole day spent with US rangers" width="940" height="612" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-is-aproaching-a-helicopter-after-a-whole-day-spent-with-US-rangers.jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-is-aproaching-a-helicopter-after-a-whole-day-spent-with-US-rangers-300x195.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-is-aproaching-a-helicopter-after-a-whole-day-spent-with-US-rangers-768x500.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-is-aproaching-a-helicopter-after-a-whole-day-spent-with-US-rangers-555x360.jpg 555w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-is-aproaching-a-helicopter-after-a-whole-day-spent-with-US-rangers-360x234.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4679" class="wp-caption-text">Horst Faas is approaching a helicopter after a whole day spent with US rangers</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4678" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4678" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4678" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-in-Vietnam-1967.jpg" alt="Horst Faas in Vietnam, 1967" width="940" height="752" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-in-Vietnam-1967.jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-in-Vietnam-1967-300x240.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-in-Vietnam-1967-768x614.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-in-Vietnam-1967-360x288.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4678" class="wp-caption-text">Horst Faas in Vietnam, 1967</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4680" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4680" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4680" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-together-with-US-marines-1966.jpg" alt="Horst Faas walking together with US marines, 1966" width="940" height="700" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-together-with-US-marines-1966.jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-together-with-US-marines-1966-300x223.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-together-with-US-marines-1966-768x572.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Horst-Faas-together-with-US-marines-1966-360x268.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4680" class="wp-caption-text">Horst Faas walking together with US marines, 1966</p></div>
<h3>Horst Faas as a playing photo coach</h3>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While recuperating, Faas was recruiting and training Vietnamese volunteer photographers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Huynh Thanh My was among his most famous protégé. An actor switched to photography who died in 1965. Faas trained his younger brother Huynh Cong &#8220;Nick&#8221; Ut then. His image &#8216;<a href="https://oldpics.net/the-story-behind-the-terror-of-war-napalm-girl-by-nick-ut/">Napalm girl&#8217; won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horst Faas was a smart planner and tried to ensure the safety of his journalists. As one of his colleagues put it, &#8220;not only calculating what would happen next but also what would happen after.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Horst Faas was a few yards behind his Associated Press colleague Eddie Adams in Saigon when he snapped his most famous picture. He captured the moment when a Vietnamese police officer executed a suspected Viet Cong officer on the street. <a href="https://oldpics.net/100-most-important-pictures-in-history/">This image is among the Top 100 most influential photos in history, according to Time magazine.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When the Vietnam War ended, Horst Faas wanted to leave his horrible memories in the past. He returned there only once, in 1978, and subsequently as a tourist. He said that his mission was &#8220;to capture the suffering, emotion, and sacrifice of both the Americans and the Vietnamese people.&#8221;</span></p>
<div id="attachment_4690" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4690" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4690" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Marines-flee-from-the-crash-site-of-a-CH-46-helicopter-shot-down-near-the-demilitarized-zone-between-North-and-South-Vietnam-on-July-15-1966..jpg" alt="US Marines flee from the crash site of a CH-46 helicopter shot down near the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam" width="940" height="624" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Marines-flee-from-the-crash-site-of-a-CH-46-helicopter-shot-down-near-the-demilitarized-zone-between-North-and-South-Vietnam-on-July-15-1966..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Marines-flee-from-the-crash-site-of-a-CH-46-helicopter-shot-down-near-the-demilitarized-zone-between-North-and-South-Vietnam-on-July-15-1966.-300x199.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Marines-flee-from-the-crash-site-of-a-CH-46-helicopter-shot-down-near-the-demilitarized-zone-between-North-and-South-Vietnam-on-July-15-1966.-768x510.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/US-Marines-flee-from-the-crash-site-of-a-CH-46-helicopter-shot-down-near-the-demilitarized-zone-between-North-and-South-Vietnam-on-July-15-1966.-360x239.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4690" class="wp-caption-text">US Marines flee from the crash site of a CH-46 helicopter shot down near the demilitarized zone between North and South Vietnam on July 15, 1966.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4692" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4692" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4692 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wounded-American-soldiers-on-a-battlefield-in-Vietnam-on-April-2-1967..jpg" alt="Horst Faas photo of a Wounded American soldiers on a battlefield in Vietnam on April 2, 1967." width="940" height="605" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wounded-American-soldiers-on-a-battlefield-in-Vietnam-on-April-2-1967..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wounded-American-soldiers-on-a-battlefield-in-Vietnam-on-April-2-1967.-300x193.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wounded-American-soldiers-on-a-battlefield-in-Vietnam-on-April-2-1967.-768x494.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Wounded-American-soldiers-on-a-battlefield-in-Vietnam-on-April-2-1967.-360x232.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4692" class="wp-caption-text">Wounded American soldiers on a battlefield in Vietnam on April 2, 1967.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4685" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4685" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4685" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Survivors-of-two-days-of-heavy-fighting-in-Dong-Huo-civilians-gather-after-an-attack-by-government-forces-June-1965.jpg" alt="Survivors of two days of heavy fighting in Dong Huo, civilians gather after an attack by government forces, June 1965" width="940" height="626" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Survivors-of-two-days-of-heavy-fighting-in-Dong-Huo-civilians-gather-after-an-attack-by-government-forces-June-1965.jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Survivors-of-two-days-of-heavy-fighting-in-Dong-Huo-civilians-gather-after-an-attack-by-government-forces-June-1965-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Survivors-of-two-days-of-heavy-fighting-in-Dong-Huo-civilians-gather-after-an-attack-by-government-forces-June-1965-768x511.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Survivors-of-two-days-of-heavy-fighting-in-Dong-Huo-civilians-gather-after-an-attack-by-government-forces-June-1965-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4685" class="wp-caption-text">Survivors of two days of heavy fighting in Dong Huo, civilians gather after an attack by government forces, June 1965</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4686" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4686" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4686" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-body-of-a-killed-American-soldier-on-the-battlefield-in-Vietnam-April-2-1967..jpg" alt="The body of a killed American soldier on the battlefield in Vietnam" width="940" height="634" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-body-of-a-killed-American-soldier-on-the-battlefield-in-Vietnam-April-2-1967..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-body-of-a-killed-American-soldier-on-the-battlefield-in-Vietnam-April-2-1967.-300x202.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-body-of-a-killed-American-soldier-on-the-battlefield-in-Vietnam-April-2-1967.-768x518.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-body-of-a-killed-American-soldier-on-the-battlefield-in-Vietnam-April-2-1967.-360x243.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4686" class="wp-caption-text">The body of an American soldier on the battlefield in Vietnam, April 2, 1967.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4682" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4682" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4682" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Landing-light-from-medical-evacuation-helicopter-cuts-through-smoke-of-battle-for-Bu-Dop-South-Vietnam-silhouetting-U.S.-troops-moving-the-most-seriously-wounded-to-the-landing-Zone-on-November-30-1967.-.jpeg" alt="Landing light from medical evacuation helicopter cuts through smoke of battle for Bu Dop, South Vietnam, silhouetting U.S. troops moving the most seriously wounded to the landing Zone on November 30, 1967." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Landing-light-from-medical-evacuation-helicopter-cuts-through-smoke-of-battle-for-Bu-Dop-South-Vietnam-silhouetting-U.S.-troops-moving-the-most-seriously-wounded-to-the-landing-Zone-on-November-30-1967.-.jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Landing-light-from-medical-evacuation-helicopter-cuts-through-smoke-of-battle-for-Bu-Dop-South-Vietnam-silhouetting-U.S.-troops-moving-the-most-seriously-wounded-to-the-landing-Zone-on-November-30-1967.--300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Landing-light-from-medical-evacuation-helicopter-cuts-through-smoke-of-battle-for-Bu-Dop-South-Vietnam-silhouetting-U.S.-troops-moving-the-most-seriously-wounded-to-the-landing-Zone-on-November-30-1967.--768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Landing-light-from-medical-evacuation-helicopter-cuts-through-smoke-of-battle-for-Bu-Dop-South-Vietnam-silhouetting-U.S.-troops-moving-the-most-seriously-wounded-to-the-landing-Zone-on-November-30-1967.--360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4682" class="wp-caption-text">Landing light from medical evacuation helicopter cuts through smoke of battle for Bu Dop, South Vietnam, silhouetting U.S. troops moving the most seriously wounded to the landing Zone on November 30, 1967.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4683" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4683" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4683" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-government-troops-from-the-2nd-Battalion-of-the-36th-Infantry-sleep-in-a-U.S.-Navy-troop-carrier-on-their-way-back-to-the-Provincial-capital-of-Ca-Mau-Vietnam.-.jpeg" alt="South Vietnamese government troops from the 2nd Battalion of the 36th Infantry sleep in a U.S. Navy troop carrier on their way back to the Provincial capital of Ca Mau, Vietnam." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-government-troops-from-the-2nd-Battalion-of-the-36th-Infantry-sleep-in-a-U.S.-Navy-troop-carrier-on-their-way-back-to-the-Provincial-capital-of-Ca-Mau-Vietnam.-.jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-government-troops-from-the-2nd-Battalion-of-the-36th-Infantry-sleep-in-a-U.S.-Navy-troop-carrier-on-their-way-back-to-the-Provincial-capital-of-Ca-Mau-Vietnam.--300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-government-troops-from-the-2nd-Battalion-of-the-36th-Infantry-sleep-in-a-U.S.-Navy-troop-carrier-on-their-way-back-to-the-Provincial-capital-of-Ca-Mau-Vietnam.--768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-government-troops-from-the-2nd-Battalion-of-the-36th-Infantry-sleep-in-a-U.S.-Navy-troop-carrier-on-their-way-back-to-the-Provincial-capital-of-Ca-Mau-Vietnam.--360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4683" class="wp-caption-text">South Vietnamese government troops from the 2nd Battalion of the 36th Infantry sleep in a U.S. Navy troop carrier on their way back to the Provincial capital of Ca Mau, Vietnam.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4684" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4684" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4684" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-troops-joined-by-US-advisers-rest-after-a-cold-wet-and-tense-night-of-waiting-in-the-dense-jungle-around-the-town-of-Binh-Gia-60-km-from-Saigon-Vietnam-in-January-1965..jpg" alt="South Vietnamese troops, joined by US advisers, rest after a cold, wet and tense night of waiting in the dense jungle around the town of Binh Gia, 60 km from Saigon, Vietnam, in January 1965." width="940" height="655" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-troops-joined-by-US-advisers-rest-after-a-cold-wet-and-tense-night-of-waiting-in-the-dense-jungle-around-the-town-of-Binh-Gia-60-km-from-Saigon-Vietnam-in-January-1965..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-troops-joined-by-US-advisers-rest-after-a-cold-wet-and-tense-night-of-waiting-in-the-dense-jungle-around-the-town-of-Binh-Gia-60-km-from-Saigon-Vietnam-in-January-1965.-300x209.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-troops-joined-by-US-advisers-rest-after-a-cold-wet-and-tense-night-of-waiting-in-the-dense-jungle-around-the-town-of-Binh-Gia-60-km-from-Saigon-Vietnam-in-January-1965.-768x535.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/South-Vietnamese-troops-joined-by-US-advisers-rest-after-a-cold-wet-and-tense-night-of-waiting-in-the-dense-jungle-around-the-town-of-Binh-Gia-60-km-from-Saigon-Vietnam-in-January-1965.-360x251.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4684" class="wp-caption-text">South Vietnamese troops, joined by US advisers, rest after a cold, wet, and tense night of waiting in the dense jungle around the town of Binh Gia, 60 km from Saigon, Vietnam, in January 1965.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4681" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4681" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4681" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/In-this-March-1965-photo-U.S.-Army-helicopters-provide-artillery-cover-to-advancing-South-Vietnamese-ground-troops-in-an-attack-on-a-Viet-Cong-camp-18-miles-north-of-Tay-Ninh-near-the-Cambodian-border..jpeg" alt="In this March 1965 photo, U.S. Army helicopters provide artillery cover to advancing South Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/In-this-March-1965-photo-U.S.-Army-helicopters-provide-artillery-cover-to-advancing-South-Vietnamese-ground-troops-in-an-attack-on-a-Viet-Cong-camp-18-miles-north-of-Tay-Ninh-near-the-Cambodian-border..jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/In-this-March-1965-photo-U.S.-Army-helicopters-provide-artillery-cover-to-advancing-South-Vietnamese-ground-troops-in-an-attack-on-a-Viet-Cong-camp-18-miles-north-of-Tay-Ninh-near-the-Cambodian-border.-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/In-this-March-1965-photo-U.S.-Army-helicopters-provide-artillery-cover-to-advancing-South-Vietnamese-ground-troops-in-an-attack-on-a-Viet-Cong-camp-18-miles-north-of-Tay-Ninh-near-the-Cambodian-border.-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/In-this-March-1965-photo-U.S.-Army-helicopters-provide-artillery-cover-to-advancing-South-Vietnamese-ground-troops-in-an-attack-on-a-Viet-Cong-camp-18-miles-north-of-Tay-Ninh-near-the-Cambodian-border.-360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4681" class="wp-caption-text">In this March 1965 photo, U.S. Army helicopters provide machine gun cover to pushing South Vietnamese ground troops.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4677" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4677" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4677" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cong-at-the-Michelin-rubber-plantation-about-45-miles-northeast-of-Saigon..jpeg" alt="Cong at the Michelin rubber plantation, about 45 miles northeast of Saigon." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cong-at-the-Michelin-rubber-plantation-about-45-miles-northeast-of-Saigon..jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cong-at-the-Michelin-rubber-plantation-about-45-miles-northeast-of-Saigon.-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cong-at-the-Michelin-rubber-plantation-about-45-miles-northeast-of-Saigon.-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cong-at-the-Michelin-rubber-plantation-about-45-miles-northeast-of-Saigon.-360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4677" class="wp-caption-text">Vietnamese soldiers had to wear the face mask while passing through the road covered with bodies.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4676" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4676" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4676" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Children-ride-home-from-school-past-the-bodies-of-15-dead-Viet-Cong-soldiers-and-their-commander-in-the-village-of-An-Ninh-in-Vietnams-Hau-Nghia-province-on-May-8-1972..jpeg" alt="Children ride home from school past the bodies of 15 dead Viet Cong soldiers and their commander in the village of An Ninh in Vietnam's Hau Nghia province on May 8, 1972." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Children-ride-home-from-school-past-the-bodies-of-15-dead-Viet-Cong-soldiers-and-their-commander-in-the-village-of-An-Ninh-in-Vietnams-Hau-Nghia-province-on-May-8-1972..jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Children-ride-home-from-school-past-the-bodies-of-15-dead-Viet-Cong-soldiers-and-their-commander-in-the-village-of-An-Ninh-in-Vietnams-Hau-Nghia-province-on-May-8-1972.-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Children-ride-home-from-school-past-the-bodies-of-15-dead-Viet-Cong-soldiers-and-their-commander-in-the-village-of-An-Ninh-in-Vietnams-Hau-Nghia-province-on-May-8-1972.-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Children-ride-home-from-school-past-the-bodies-of-15-dead-Viet-Cong-soldiers-and-their-commander-in-the-village-of-An-Ninh-in-Vietnams-Hau-Nghia-province-on-May-8-1972.-360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4676" class="wp-caption-text">Children drive home from school gazing at the bodies Viet Cong soldiers and their commander in the village of An Ninh in Vietnam&#8217;s Hau Nghia province on May 8, 1972.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4675" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4675" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4675" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Artillery-troops-of-the-new-South-Vietnamese-25th-division-line-up-for-a-parade-in-front-of-105-and-155-Howitzers-in-the-coastal-town-of-Quang-Nai-South-Vietnam-a-Viet-Cong-stronghold-on-August-15-1962.-.jpeg" alt="Artillery troops of the new South Vietnamese 25th division line up for a parade in front of 105 and 155 Howitzers in the coastal town of Quang Nai, South Vietnam, a Viet Cong stronghold, on August 15, 1962." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Artillery-troops-of-the-new-South-Vietnamese-25th-division-line-up-for-a-parade-in-front-of-105-and-155-Howitzers-in-the-coastal-town-of-Quang-Nai-South-Vietnam-a-Viet-Cong-stronghold-on-August-15-1962.-.jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Artillery-troops-of-the-new-South-Vietnamese-25th-division-line-up-for-a-parade-in-front-of-105-and-155-Howitzers-in-the-coastal-town-of-Quang-Nai-South-Vietnam-a-Viet-Cong-stronghold-on-August-15-1962.--300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Artillery-troops-of-the-new-South-Vietnamese-25th-division-line-up-for-a-parade-in-front-of-105-and-155-Howitzers-in-the-coastal-town-of-Quang-Nai-South-Vietnam-a-Viet-Cong-stronghold-on-August-15-1962.--768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Artillery-troops-of-the-new-South-Vietnamese-25th-division-line-up-for-a-parade-in-front-of-105-and-155-Howitzers-in-the-coastal-town-of-Quang-Nai-South-Vietnam-a-Viet-Cong-stronghold-on-August-15-1962.--360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4675" class="wp-caption-text">Artillery squads of the new South Vietnamese 25th division line up for a parade in front of 105 and 155 Howitzers in the coastal town of Quang Nai, South Vietnam, a Viet Cong stronghold, on August 15, 1962.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4674" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4674" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4674 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-soldiers-guard-Route-7-as-Vietnamese-women-and-children-return-home-to-Xuan-Dien-village-from-Ben-Khat-Vietnam-December-1965..jpg" alt="Horst Faas photo of American soldiers guard Route 7 as Vietnamese women and children return home to Xuan Dien village from Ben Khat, Vietnam, December 1965." width="940" height="616" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-soldiers-guard-Route-7-as-Vietnamese-women-and-children-return-home-to-Xuan-Dien-village-from-Ben-Khat-Vietnam-December-1965..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-soldiers-guard-Route-7-as-Vietnamese-women-and-children-return-home-to-Xuan-Dien-village-from-Ben-Khat-Vietnam-December-1965.-300x197.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-soldiers-guard-Route-7-as-Vietnamese-women-and-children-return-home-to-Xuan-Dien-village-from-Ben-Khat-Vietnam-December-1965.-768x503.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-soldiers-guard-Route-7-as-Vietnamese-women-and-children-return-home-to-Xuan-Dien-village-from-Ben-Khat-Vietnam-December-1965.-360x236.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4674" class="wp-caption-text">American soldiers guard Route 7 as Vietnamese women and children return home to Xuan Dien village from Ben Khat, Vietnam, in December 1965.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4673" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4673" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4673" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-POWs-at-Li-Nam-De-Street-camp-in-Hanoi-North-Vietnam-March-1973..jpg" alt="American POWs at Li Nam De Street camp in Hanoi, North Vietnam, March 1973." width="940" height="714" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-POWs-at-Li-Nam-De-Street-camp-in-Hanoi-North-Vietnam-March-1973..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-POWs-at-Li-Nam-De-Street-camp-in-Hanoi-North-Vietnam-March-1973.-300x228.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-POWs-at-Li-Nam-De-Street-camp-in-Hanoi-North-Vietnam-March-1973.-768x583.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-POWs-at-Li-Nam-De-Street-camp-in-Hanoi-North-Vietnam-March-1973.-360x273.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4673" class="wp-caption-text">American POWs at Li Nam De Street camp in Hanoi, North Vietnam, March 1973.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4672" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4672" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4672 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-Lieutenant-Colonel-George-Easter-is-carried-on-a-stretcher-after-being-wounded-by-a-Viet-Cong-sniper-in-Chung-Lap-South-Vietnam-January-16-1966..jpg" alt="Horst Faas photo of American Lieutenant Colonel George Easter is carried on a stretcher after being wounded by a Viet Cong sniper in Chung Lap, South Vietnam, January 16, 1966." width="940" height="657" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-Lieutenant-Colonel-George-Easter-is-carried-on-a-stretcher-after-being-wounded-by-a-Viet-Cong-sniper-in-Chung-Lap-South-Vietnam-January-16-1966..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-Lieutenant-Colonel-George-Easter-is-carried-on-a-stretcher-after-being-wounded-by-a-Viet-Cong-sniper-in-Chung-Lap-South-Vietnam-January-16-1966.-300x210.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-Lieutenant-Colonel-George-Easter-is-carried-on-a-stretcher-after-being-wounded-by-a-Viet-Cong-sniper-in-Chung-Lap-South-Vietnam-January-16-1966.-768x537.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/American-Lieutenant-Colonel-George-Easter-is-carried-on-a-stretcher-after-being-wounded-by-a-Viet-Cong-sniper-in-Chung-Lap-South-Vietnam-January-16-1966.-360x252.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4672" class="wp-caption-text">American Lieutenant Colonel George Easter getting aid after a Viet Cong sniper shot in Chung Lap, South Vietnam, January 16, 1966.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4671" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4671" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4671" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-wounded-Vietnamese-ranger-is-ready-with-his-weapon-to-answer-a-Viet-Cong-attack-during-battle-in-Dong-Xoai-on-June-11-1965.-.jpeg" alt="A wounded Vietnamese ranger is ready with his weapon to answer a Viet Cong attack during battle in Dong Xoai on June 11, 1965." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-wounded-Vietnamese-ranger-is-ready-with-his-weapon-to-answer-a-Viet-Cong-attack-during-battle-in-Dong-Xoai-on-June-11-1965.-.jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-wounded-Vietnamese-ranger-is-ready-with-his-weapon-to-answer-a-Viet-Cong-attack-during-battle-in-Dong-Xoai-on-June-11-1965.--300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-wounded-Vietnamese-ranger-is-ready-with-his-weapon-to-answer-a-Viet-Cong-attack-during-battle-in-Dong-Xoai-on-June-11-1965.--768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-wounded-Vietnamese-ranger-is-ready-with-his-weapon-to-answer-a-Viet-Cong-attack-during-battle-in-Dong-Xoai-on-June-11-1965.--360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4671" class="wp-caption-text">A wounded Vietnamese ranger is ready with his weapon, during the battle in Dong Xoai on June 11, 1965.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4669" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4669" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4669" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-Vietnamese-medic-jumps-from-a-secure-position-behind-a-rice-paddy-dike-crossing-a-swampy-paddy-under-fire-from-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-August-8-1966.-He-was-coming-to-the-aid-of-wounded-regional-forces.-.jpeg" alt="A Vietnamese medic jumps from a secure position behind a rice paddy dike, crossing a swampy paddy under fire from Viet Cong guerrillas, August 8, 1966. He was coming to the aid of wounded regional forces." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-Vietnamese-medic-jumps-from-a-secure-position-behind-a-rice-paddy-dike-crossing-a-swampy-paddy-under-fire-from-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-August-8-1966.-He-was-coming-to-the-aid-of-wounded-regional-forces.-.jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-Vietnamese-medic-jumps-from-a-secure-position-behind-a-rice-paddy-dike-crossing-a-swampy-paddy-under-fire-from-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-August-8-1966.-He-was-coming-to-the-aid-of-wounded-regional-forces.--300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-Vietnamese-medic-jumps-from-a-secure-position-behind-a-rice-paddy-dike-crossing-a-swampy-paddy-under-fire-from-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-August-8-1966.-He-was-coming-to-the-aid-of-wounded-regional-forces.--768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-Vietnamese-medic-jumps-from-a-secure-position-behind-a-rice-paddy-dike-crossing-a-swampy-paddy-under-fire-from-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-August-8-1966.-He-was-coming-to-the-aid-of-wounded-regional-forces.--360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4669" class="wp-caption-text">A Vietnamese doctor leaps from a secure position behind a rice paddy dike. Viet Cong snipers were covering the area with fire, August 8, 1966.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4668" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4668" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-4668 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-woman-mourns-over-the-body-of-her-husband-found-with-47-others-in-a-mass-grave-near-Hue-Vietnam..jpeg" alt="Horst Faas photo of South Vietnamese woman mourns over the body of her husband, found with 47 others in a mass grave near Hue, Vietnam." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-woman-mourns-over-the-body-of-her-husband-found-with-47-others-in-a-mass-grave-near-Hue-Vietnam..jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-woman-mourns-over-the-body-of-her-husband-found-with-47-others-in-a-mass-grave-near-Hue-Vietnam.-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-woman-mourns-over-the-body-of-her-husband-found-with-47-others-in-a-mass-grave-near-Hue-Vietnam.-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-woman-mourns-over-the-body-of-her-husband-found-with-47-others-in-a-mass-grave-near-Hue-Vietnam.-360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4668" class="wp-caption-text">A South Vietnamese woman cries over the body of her spouse. He was among 47 others in a mass grave near Hue, Vietnam.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4667" style="width: 950px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4667" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4667" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-soldier-hits-a-farmer-with-a-dagger-for-giving-false-information-to-government-forces-about-the-movement-of-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-in-a-village-west-of-Saigon-Vietnam-on-January-9-1964..jpg" alt="A South Vietnamese soldier hits a farmer with a dagger for giving false information to government forces about the movement of Viet Cong guerrillas in a village west of Saigon, Vietnam on January 9, 1964." width="940" height="670" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-soldier-hits-a-farmer-with-a-dagger-for-giving-false-information-to-government-forces-about-the-movement-of-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-in-a-village-west-of-Saigon-Vietnam-on-January-9-1964..jpg 940w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-soldier-hits-a-farmer-with-a-dagger-for-giving-false-information-to-government-forces-about-the-movement-of-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-in-a-village-west-of-Saigon-Vietnam-on-January-9-1964.-300x214.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-soldier-hits-a-farmer-with-a-dagger-for-giving-false-information-to-government-forces-about-the-movement-of-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-in-a-village-west-of-Saigon-Vietnam-on-January-9-1964.-768x547.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-South-Vietnamese-soldier-hits-a-farmer-with-a-dagger-for-giving-false-information-to-government-forces-about-the-movement-of-Viet-Cong-guerrillas-in-a-village-west-of-Saigon-Vietnam-on-January-9-1964.-360x257.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4667" class="wp-caption-text">A South Vietnamese soldier hits a farmer with a dagger for giving false information to government forces about the movement of Viet Cong guerrillas in a village west of Saigon, Vietnam on January 9, 1964.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_4666" style="width: 910px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4666" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-4666" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-battalion-scoured-Trung-Jap-northwest-of-Saigon-for-information-on-a-Vietcong-force-in-the-area.-A-Vietcong-bride-was-arrested-blindfolded-and-bound-when-troopers-saw-her-hiding-a-bag..jpeg" alt="A battalion scoured Trung Jap, northwest of Saigon, for information on a Vietcong force in the area. A Vietcong bride was arrested, blindfolded and bound, when troopers saw her hiding a bag." width="900" height="675" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-battalion-scoured-Trung-Jap-northwest-of-Saigon-for-information-on-a-Vietcong-force-in-the-area.-A-Vietcong-bride-was-arrested-blindfolded-and-bound-when-troopers-saw-her-hiding-a-bag..jpeg 900w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-battalion-scoured-Trung-Jap-northwest-of-Saigon-for-information-on-a-Vietcong-force-in-the-area.-A-Vietcong-bride-was-arrested-blindfolded-and-bound-when-troopers-saw-her-hiding-a-bag.-300x225.jpeg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-battalion-scoured-Trung-Jap-northwest-of-Saigon-for-information-on-a-Vietcong-force-in-the-area.-A-Vietcong-bride-was-arrested-blindfolded-and-bound-when-troopers-saw-her-hiding-a-bag.-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/A-battalion-scoured-Trung-Jap-northwest-of-Saigon-for-information-on-a-Vietcong-force-in-the-area.-A-Vietcong-bride-was-arrested-blindfolded-and-bound-when-troopers-saw-her-hiding-a-bag.-360x270.jpeg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><p id="caption-attachment-4666" class="wp-caption-text">A battalion is inspecting the Trung Jap, northwest of Saigon. They&#8217;ve got information on Vietcong forces in the area. A Vietcong bride was arrested, blindfolded, and bound when troopers saw her hiding a bag with a bomb.</p></div>
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		<title>The story behind &#8216;The Terror of War&#8217;: ‘Napalm Girl’ by Nick Ut.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2020 11:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3794" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Terror-of-War-Nick-Ut-1972.jpg" alt="The Terror of War, Nick Ut, 1972" width="1424" height="950" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Terror-of-War-Nick-Ut-1972.jpg 1424w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Terror-of-War-Nick-Ut-1972-300x200.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Terror-of-War-Nick-Ut-1972-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Terror-of-War-Nick-Ut-1972-768x512.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Terror-of-War-Nick-Ut-1972-360x240.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1424px) 100vw, 1424px" />&#8216;The terror of war&#8217; or also known as the &#8216;Napalm Girl,&#8217; is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by photojournalist Nick Ut, a Vietnamese American photographer. The latter captured the historical events of War in Vietnam while working for the Associated Press. Nick joined AP in 1966 after his brother was killed in 1965 at the age of 27. First working in the darkroom, he later became a war photographer just like his brother.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The photo we are looking at was taken with Leica M2 Kodak 400 tri x film as only 400, and 200 versions were available in Vietnam.  The camera still exists and is stored in a museum in Washington, DC.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nick Ut&#8217;s pictures were a massive contribution to the Vietnam war <a href="https://oldpics.net/a-story-of-saigon-execution-photo-by-eddie-adams-1968/">history photography, compared with Anthony Adams.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8216;Napalm Girl&#8217; picture settled in the <a href="https://oldpics.net/100-most-important-pictures-in-history/">Top 100 most influential photos in history</a>, according to Times magazine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nick Ut used to say that &#8216;Napalm Girl&#8217; had a fantastic history behind it. On June 7, he heard about fighting in Trảng Bàng. Ut photographed the refugees and planes dropping bombs, captured the unseen horrors of the Vietnam war. The civilians were caught in between North Vietnamese who were trying to take control of the village and South Vietnamese troops who were trying to defend it. One of the planes dropped a napalm bomb on North Vietnamese positions. However, the bomb mistakenly hit Trảng Bàng and civilians. Kim Phuc and other villagers were hiding in the temple in the village. As the bombs were exploding everywhere, villagers ran out of the temple as they thought it would be targeted as well, when suddenly another plane dropped the napalm bombs. People were running out bomb barrage. Women were carrying burned children, the burning postures of the running people that were doomed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When the photographer looked through, he saw terrified children and among them, a naked girl (9-year-old girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc) running and crying. As her skin slumping down, Ut put down his camera and brought water for the girl. He picked her up and brought her to his car with other children and took her to the hospital. There he found that she might not survive because she had suffered third-degree burns on thirty percent of her body. So he helped to transfer her to an American hospital where they were able to save her life.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When he sent his picture to the AP&#8217;s office, the photo was actually about to be rejected since the rules for publishing nudity were very strict. In the end, the editors agreed that the historical value of the picture and the news is higher than the reservations about nudity, which is funny because, in 2016, Facebook censored the photograph. Mark Zuckerberg was accused of abusing his power, and after widespread criticisms from news organizations and media experts across the globe, Facebook backed down and allowed the photograph.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Like any other famous historical photograph, this one is also a little controversial. At first, some people, including then-president Richard Nixon, doubted that the photo was authentic. Nick Ut later said: &#8220;The &#8216;Napalm Girl&#8217; for me, and unquestionably for many others, could not have been more real. The photo was as authentic as the Vietnam war itself.&#8221; Nixon suggested that the photo was fake, and the girl was perhaps burned with oil since no one ever survived napalm bombing until then. The picture was also initially published cropped, so the first version was published without the soldier rewinding his film. Nick Ut said in the interview on Petapixel that the soldier was David Burnett. As the civilians were running out of the fire, everyone was terrified, and all the photographers and TV cameras started taking pictures. David Burnett ran out of the film and was desperately trying to rewind it. When he finally did it, he also took photos of Kim. Now, the picture had a more significant impact without the figure of a soldier looking like not caring too much, especially when the people didn&#8217;t know he was trying to document the accident. What do you think about cropping photos like that? </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nick later said. &#8220;I wanted to stop this war, and I hated war. My brother told me I hope one day you have a picture to stops the war,&#8221; and on June 8, 1972, Nick Ut took just a picture like that, a picture that stopped the war. The photograph is said to be one of the most memorable historical images of the 20th century.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Saigon fell, he moved out of Vietnam and eventually settled in LA. He spent more than 50 years as a photojournalist. Photographing famous historical events, politics, and celebrities, but his most known photo was taken at the beginning of his career and, in my opinion, had the most significant impact.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ut won a World Press Photo and  <a href="https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/274">Pulitzer Prize for the picture in 1973.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 2012 he was inducted by the Leica Hall of Fame for his contributions to photojournalism.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kim Phuc survived, and she and Nick Ut met again after the end of the Vietnam conflict. Ut said he was pleased when he looked at the picture because it changed the war history.¨</span></p>
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		<title>Minamata by W. Eugene Smith: photos and facts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2020 10:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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<div id="attachment_3940" style="width: 1137px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3940" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3940 size-full" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease-with-her-mother.-Minamata.-Japan.-1972-e1592908219685.jpg" alt="Takako Isayama, victim of the Minamata disease, with her mother. Minamata" width="1127" height="768" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease-with-her-mother.-Minamata.-Japan.-1972-e1592908219685.jpg 1127w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease-with-her-mother.-Minamata.-Japan.-1972-e1592908219685-300x204.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease-with-her-mother.-Minamata.-Japan.-1972-e1592908219685-1024x698.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease-with-her-mother.-Minamata.-Japan.-1972-e1592908219685-768x523.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease-with-her-mother.-Minamata.-Japan.-1972-e1592908219685-360x245.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3940" class="wp-caption-text">Takako Isayama, a 12-year-old victim of the Minamata disease, with her mother. Minamata. Japan. 1972</p></div>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is something special about almost every picture of W.Eugene Smith, but when speaking of a historical impact, his Minamata series takes an unquestionable lead.</span></p>
<p>Even the <a href="https://oldpics.net/pittsburgh-photo-essay-by-w-eugene-smith-18-pictures/">Pittsburgh photo essay</a> lacks the same motivation that filled Gene during his Minamata trip.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Minamata started as a photo report with a strong social motivation behind a usual three-month appointment for Smith, who used to have a lot of those during his long camera life. But it ended up with a subsequent book Minamata: A Warning to the World, and massive worldwide success. Let&#8217;s take a look at the best pictures and facts, which became an accurate historical record.</span></p>
<p>Also, take a look at the story of a <a href="https://oldpics.net/a-story-of-country-doctor-photo-by-w-eugene-smith/">Country doctor by W.Eugene Smith, </a>and&nbsp;<a href="https://oldpics.net/the-brightest-photos-by-w-eugene-smith/">The brightest photos by W. Eugene Smith</a></p>
<div id="attachment_3930" style="width: 1239px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3930" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3930" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishing.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972.jpg" alt="Fishing. Minamata Bay, Japan. 1972" width="1229" height="905" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishing.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972.jpg 1229w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishing.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-300x221.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishing.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishing.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-768x566.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishing.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-360x265.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1229px) 100vw, 1229px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3930" class="wp-caption-text">Fishing. Minamata Bay, Japan. 1972</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> W.Eugene Smith was 51 when he decided to capture the Minamata case. He came to the idea of changing the world with his photojournalism and selected the case of mercury pollution in Minamata as a subject to cover.</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3942" style="width: 823px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3942" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3942" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-entrance-to-a-section-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant.-Minamata-Japan.-1972.jpg" alt="Chisso factory Minamata Smith" width="813" height="634" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-entrance-to-a-section-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant.-Minamata-Japan.-1972.jpg 728w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-entrance-to-a-section-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant.-Minamata-Japan.-1972-300x234.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-entrance-to-a-section-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant.-Minamata-Japan.-1972-360x281.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3942" class="wp-caption-text">The entrance to a section of the Chisso Chemical Plant. Minamata, Japan. 1972</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Chisso Corporation was a chemical factory in the Japanese city of Minamata, which stood behind the environmental pollution. Their production cycle involved the release of the methylmercury with wastewater into Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Sea. These hazardous elements interacted with the whole local marine ecosystem. While Japanese food culture is inextricably linked to the seafood, this water pollution leads to thousands of cases of mercury poisoning among locals. Neither Chisso Corporation nor the local or central Japanese government cared about pollution in the Minamata area.&nbsp;</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3934" style="width: 1038px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3934" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3934" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mrs-Hayashida-with-her-dying-husband.-They-both-suffer-from-mercury-poisoning..jpg" alt="Mrs Hayashida with her dying husband. They both suffer from mercury poisoning." width="1028" height="841" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mrs-Hayashida-with-her-dying-husband.-They-both-suffer-from-mercury-poisoning..jpg 538w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mrs-Hayashida-with-her-dying-husband.-They-both-suffer-from-mercury-poisoning.-300x245.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mrs-Hayashida-with-her-dying-husband.-They-both-suffer-from-mercury-poisoning.-220x180.jpg 220w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mrs-Hayashida-with-her-dying-husband.-They-both-suffer-from-mercury-poisoning.-360x294.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1028px) 100vw, 1028px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3934" class="wp-caption-text">Mrs. Hayashida with her dying husband. They both suffer from mercury poisoning.</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Japanese government officially recognized the Minamata problem in 1968. Thousands of people had already died due to mercury pollution in the bay area, and there were no precedents of this kind in Japanese history.</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3935" style="width: 1239px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3935" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3935" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-and-relatives-carry-photographs-of-the-verified-dead-on-the-last-day-of-the-Minamata-Trial-victims-of-the-disease-against-the-Chisso-Plant.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972.jpg" alt="Victims of mercury disease Smith Minamata" width="1229" height="884" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-and-relatives-carry-photographs-of-the-verified-dead-on-the-last-day-of-the-Minamata-Trial-victims-of-the-disease-against-the-Chisso-Plant.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972.jpg 1229w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-and-relatives-carry-photographs-of-the-verified-dead-on-the-last-day-of-the-Minamata-Trial-victims-of-the-disease-against-the-Chisso-Plant.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-300x216.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-and-relatives-carry-photographs-of-the-verified-dead-on-the-last-day-of-the-Minamata-Trial-victims-of-the-disease-against-the-Chisso-Plant.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-and-relatives-carry-photographs-of-the-verified-dead-on-the-last-day-of-the-Minamata-Trial-victims-of-the-disease-against-the-Chisso-Plant.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-768x552.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-and-relatives-carry-photographs-of-the-verified-dead-on-the-last-day-of-the-Minamata-Trial-victims-of-the-disease-against-the-Chisso-Plant.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-360x259.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1229px) 100vw, 1229px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3935" class="wp-caption-text">Patients and relatives carry photographs of the &#8216;verified&#8217; dead on the last day of the Minamata Trial (victims of the disease against the Chisso Plant). Minamata Bay, Japan. 1972</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> W.Eugene Smith</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> arrived in Minamata in 1971, and he had a lot of experience in covering human tragedies and life hurdles. He photo reported such historical bloody invasions as Tarawa, Guam, and Iwo Jima as LIFE&#8217;s WWII correspondent.&nbsp;</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3929" style="width: 1239px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3929" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3929" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishermen.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972.jpg" alt="Fishermen. Minamata Bay, Japan. 1972" width="1229" height="883" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishermen.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972.jpg 1229w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishermen.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-300x216.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishermen.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishermen.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-768x552.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Fishermen.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1972-360x259.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1229px) 100vw, 1229px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3929" class="wp-caption-text">Fishermen. Minamata Bay, Japan. 1972</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;">W.Eugene Smith published Minamata book together with</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Aileen Mioko Smith. They married in Tokyo just before the Minamata trip. The couple planned to stay for three months but ended up staying for three years to capture all the historical events.&nbsp;</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3932" style="width: 1239px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3932" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3932" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Iwazo-Funabas-crippled-hands.-She-is-a-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease.-.jpg" alt="Iwazo Funaba's crippled hands. She is a victim of the Minamata disease." width="1229" height="824" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Iwazo-Funabas-crippled-hands.-She-is-a-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease.-.jpg 1229w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Iwazo-Funabas-crippled-hands.-She-is-a-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease.--300x201.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Iwazo-Funabas-crippled-hands.-She-is-a-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease.--1024x687.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Iwazo-Funabas-crippled-hands.-She-is-a-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease.--768x515.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Iwazo-Funabas-crippled-hands.-She-is-a-victim-of-the-Minamata-disease.--360x241.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1229px) 100vw, 1229px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3932" class="wp-caption-text">Iwazo Funaba&#8217;s hands affected by Minamata disease.</p></div>
<ol start="6">
<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Smith followed his usual photo style and stayed as close to the families who suffered the pollution coincidences as possible. Smith was first and foremost a journalist, and he made no secret of his determinedly subjective approach. He put himself—and therefore, the viewer—at the emotional center of what he was seeing.&nbsp;</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3936" style="width: 799px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3936" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3936" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-at-her-junior-high-school-class-sports-day..jpg" alt="Shinobu Sakamoto at her junior high school class sports day." width="789" height="607" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-at-her-junior-high-school-class-sports-day..jpg 538w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-at-her-junior-high-school-class-sports-day.-300x231.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-at-her-junior-high-school-class-sports-day.-360x277.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3936" class="wp-caption-text">Shinobu Sakamoto at her junior high school class sports day.</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> A genius photographer, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">W.Eugene Smith, lived a life of the Minamata families.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> His images showed not only the victims&#8217; physical and mental pain but also their determination, humanity, and moments of joy.&nbsp;</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3938" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3938" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-3938" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-talking-with-a-friend.-Photo-taken-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-1972.jpg" alt="Shinobu Sakamoto talking with a friend. Photo taken by Aileen M. Smith. 1972" width="700" height="462" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-talking-with-a-friend.-Photo-taken-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-1972.jpg 538w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-talking-with-a-friend.-Photo-taken-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-1972-300x198.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-talking-with-a-friend.-Photo-taken-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-1972-360x238.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3938" class="wp-caption-text">Shinobu Sakamoto is talking with a friend. Aileen M. Smith took the photo. 1972</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> While covering the illnesses of the people of Minamata, Smith suffered his ailments, the results of his historically invaluable WWII reportages. The artillery shell severely wounded his jaw during the Battle of Okinawa. Two plane crushes also left their signs in his body health. Things got worse during a trip to the factory in Goi in 1972 when the Chisso security crew beat a photographer. Neck trauma caused temporary blindness in one eye as well as blackouts when he raised his arm.</span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3937" style="width: 548px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3937" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3937" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-preparing-a-meal-to-be-shared-by-victims-and-their-supporters.-.jpg" alt="Shinobu Sakamoto Minamata" width="538" height="713" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-preparing-a-meal-to-be-shared-by-victims-and-their-supporters.-.jpg 538w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-preparing-a-meal-to-be-shared-by-victims-and-their-supporters.--226x300.jpg 226w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Shinobu-Sakamoto-preparing-a-meal-to-be-shared-by-victims-and-their-supporters.--360x477.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3937" class="wp-caption-text">Shinobu Sakamoto preparing a meal to be shared by victims and their supporters.</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Minamata was a final photo essay by </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">W.Eugene Smith</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, but the images have taken on a life of their own. </span>The photographs were published in LIFE in 1972, participated in several global exhibitions overseas, and came together in the publication of the co-authored book, Minamata, in 1975.&nbsp;</li>
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<div id="attachment_3931" style="width: 738px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3931" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3931" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Isamu-NAGAI-a-victim-of-the-disease-at-the-Rehabilitation-Center-for-Minamata-patients.-.jpg" alt="victim of Minamata disease Smith" width="728" height="492" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Isamu-NAGAI-a-victim-of-the-disease-at-the-Rehabilitation-Center-for-Minamata-patients.-.jpg 728w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Isamu-NAGAI-a-victim-of-the-disease-at-the-Rehabilitation-Center-for-Minamata-patients.--300x203.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Isamu-NAGAI-a-victim-of-the-disease-at-the-Rehabilitation-Center-for-Minamata-patients.--360x243.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3931" class="wp-caption-text">Isamu NAGAI, a victim of the disease, at the Rehabilitation Center for Minamata patients.</p></div>
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<li><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Barack Obama&#8217;s recalled the Minamata images in autobiography. He mentioned a photo in the LIFE magazine of a woman holding a disabled child in the bath. When Obama became president of the United States, he made several moves towards an international agreement to limit the use of mercury. One of these photos definitely deserves a place among <a href="https://oldpics.net/100-most-important-pictures-in-history/">Top 100 most influential photos in history.</a></span></li>
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<div id="attachment_3939" style="width: 709px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3939" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-3939" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-Minamata-disease-victim-with-her-mother.-Japan.-1972-©-W.-Eugene-Smith-Magnum-Photos.jpg" alt="Takako Isayama, W.Eugene Smith" width="699" height="464" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-Minamata-disease-victim-with-her-mother.-Japan.-1972-©-W.-Eugene-Smith-Magnum-Photos.jpg 538w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-Minamata-disease-victim-with-her-mother.-Japan.-1972-©-W.-Eugene-Smith-Magnum-Photos-300x199.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Takako-Isayama-a-12-year-old-fetal-congenital-Minamata-disease-victim-with-her-mother.-Japan.-1972-©-W.-Eugene-Smith-Magnum-Photos-360x239.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3939" class="wp-caption-text">Takako Isayama, a 12-year-old fetal (congenital) Minamata disease victim with her mother.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3943" style="width: 1239px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3943" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3943" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tomoko-with-her-family-supporters-Gene-and-Asahi-Camera-editor-taken-at-Tomoko’s-home-in-Minamata-on-her-sixteenth-birthday.-Photo-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-June-13-1972..jpg" alt="Tomoko with her family, supporters, Gene, and Asahi Camera editor, taken at Tomoko’s home in Minamata on her sixteenth birthday. Photo by Aileen M. Smith. June 13, 1972." width="1229" height="989" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tomoko-with-her-family-supporters-Gene-and-Asahi-Camera-editor-taken-at-Tomoko’s-home-in-Minamata-on-her-sixteenth-birthday.-Photo-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-June-13-1972..jpg 1229w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tomoko-with-her-family-supporters-Gene-and-Asahi-Camera-editor-taken-at-Tomoko’s-home-in-Minamata-on-her-sixteenth-birthday.-Photo-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-June-13-1972.-300x241.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tomoko-with-her-family-supporters-Gene-and-Asahi-Camera-editor-taken-at-Tomoko’s-home-in-Minamata-on-her-sixteenth-birthday.-Photo-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-June-13-1972.-1024x824.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tomoko-with-her-family-supporters-Gene-and-Asahi-Camera-editor-taken-at-Tomoko’s-home-in-Minamata-on-her-sixteenth-birthday.-Photo-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-June-13-1972.-768x618.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Tomoko-with-her-family-supporters-Gene-and-Asahi-Camera-editor-taken-at-Tomoko’s-home-in-Minamata-on-her-sixteenth-birthday.-Photo-by-Aileen-M.-Smith.-June-13-1972.-360x290.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1229px) 100vw, 1229px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3943" class="wp-caption-text">Tomoko, with her family, supporters, W.Eugene Smith, and Asahi Camera editor, taken at Tomoko&#8217;s home in Minamata on her sixteenth birthday. Photo by Aileen M. Smith. June 13, 1972.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3941" style="width: 548px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3941" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3941" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Teenager-Shinobu-Sakamoto-a-congenital-Minamata-disease-patient-out-on-the-town-to-shop-for-a-present..jpg" alt="Teenager Shinobu Sakamoto" width="538" height="804" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Teenager-Shinobu-Sakamoto-a-congenital-Minamata-disease-patient-out-on-the-town-to-shop-for-a-present..jpg 538w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Teenager-Shinobu-Sakamoto-a-congenital-Minamata-disease-patient-out-on-the-town-to-shop-for-a-present.-201x300.jpg 201w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Teenager-Shinobu-Sakamoto-a-congenital-Minamata-disease-patient-out-on-the-town-to-shop-for-a-present.-360x538.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3941" class="wp-caption-text">Teenager Shinobu Sakamoto, a congenital Minamata disease patient, out on the town to shop for a present.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3950" style="width: 1290px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3950" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3950" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-victim-of-the-disease.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.jpg" alt="Minamata Bay" width="1280" height="827" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-victim-of-the-disease.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.jpg 1280w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-victim-of-the-disease.-Minamata-Bay-Japan-300x194.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-victim-of-the-disease.-Minamata-Bay-Japan-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-victim-of-the-disease.-Minamata-Bay-Japan-768x496.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-victim-of-the-disease.-Minamata-Bay-Japan-555x360.jpg 555w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/A-victim-of-the-disease.-Minamata-Bay-Japan-360x233.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3950" class="wp-caption-text">Minamata Bay. A victim of the disease. 1971.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3951" style="width: 570px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3951" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3951" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Industrial-waste-from-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-being-dumped-into-Minamata-Bay.-Japan.-1971..jpg" alt="Mercury poisoning. Industrial waste from the Chisso Chemical Plant being dumped into Minimata Bay" width="560" height="378" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Industrial-waste-from-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-being-dumped-into-Minamata-Bay.-Japan.-1971..jpg 560w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Industrial-waste-from-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-being-dumped-into-Minamata-Bay.-Japan.-1971.-300x203.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Industrial-waste-from-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-being-dumped-into-Minamata-Bay.-Japan.-1971.-360x243.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3951" class="wp-caption-text">Mercury poisoning. Industrial waste from the Chisso Chemical Plant flowing into Minimata Bay</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3952" style="width: 1290px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3952" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3952" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-holding-down-a-representative-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-demanding-that-he-look-at-them.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1971.jpg" alt="representative of the Chisso " width="1280" height="839" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-holding-down-a-representative-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-demanding-that-he-look-at-them.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1971.jpg 1280w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-holding-down-a-representative-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-demanding-that-he-look-at-them.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1971-300x197.jpg 300w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-holding-down-a-representative-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-demanding-that-he-look-at-them.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1971-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-holding-down-a-representative-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-demanding-that-he-look-at-them.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1971-768x503.jpg 768w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Patients-holding-down-a-representative-of-the-Chisso-Chemical-Plant-demanding-that-he-look-at-them.-Minamata-Bay-Japan.-1971-360x236.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3952" class="wp-caption-text">Patients holding down a representative of the Chisso Chemical Plant, demanding that he look at them.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_3927" style="width: 548px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3927" loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3927" src="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Chisso-president-Kenichi-Shimada-during-marathon-negotiations-with-Minamata-disease-victims-at-Chisso-Tokyo-headquarters..jpg" alt="Chisso chairman" width="538" height="782" srcset="https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Chisso-president-Kenichi-Shimada-during-marathon-negotiations-with-Minamata-disease-victims-at-Chisso-Tokyo-headquarters..jpg 538w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Chisso-president-Kenichi-Shimada-during-marathon-negotiations-with-Minamata-disease-victims-at-Chisso-Tokyo-headquarters.-206x300.jpg 206w, https://oldpics.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Chisso-president-Kenichi-Shimada-during-marathon-negotiations-with-Minamata-disease-victims-at-Chisso-Tokyo-headquarters.-360x523.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px" /><p id="caption-attachment-3927" class="wp-caption-text">Chisso president Kenichi Shimada during marathon negotiations with Minamata disease victims at Chisso Tokyo headquarters.</p></div>
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<p>What is mercury disease: High amounts of mercury affect your nervous system, leading to permanent changes. The condition is specifically dangerous to young children who are still developing. Mercury exposure can lead to developmental problems in the brain, which can also affect physical <a href="http://seafood.edf.org/mercury-seafood">functions such as motor skills.</a></p>
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