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US soldiers shotgunning weed in pictures, 1970

By Andrew Piper
September 29, 2020
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You may have watched the weed shotgunning scene in Oliver Stone’s Platoon movie. Believe it or not, it was a common practice…

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The war in Vietnam in pictures by Horst Faas

By Andrew Piper
August 19, 2020
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Horst Faas was an outstanding war photographer. His brilliant photos won the Pulitzer award twice. Combat photography of the war in South…

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The story behind 'The Terror of War': ‘Napalm Girl’ by Nick Ut.

By Andrew Piper
July 1, 2020
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‘The terror of war’ or also known as the ‘Napalm Girl,’ is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by photojournalist Nick Ut, a Vietnamese…

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A story of ‘Saigon Execution’ photo by Eddie Adams, 1968

By Andrew Piper
June 10, 2020
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‘Saigon Execution’ is the best-known photo of the American photographer Eddie Adams. It captures the moment when brigade general of the Vietnamese…

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Burning Buddhist monk, 1963

By Andrew Piper
April 23, 2017
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This photo was not photoshopped and this is not a trick, either. In 1963, Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk Thích Quang Duc burned himself…

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"Operation Babylift". Babies evacuated from Vietnam, 1975

By Carol Pearson
April 23, 2017
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1975, a plane full of orphaned babies being evacuated out of Vietnam during the war. Evacuation is more known as “Operation Babylift”….

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