Rikio Imajo, UPI news photographer, burdened with camera equipment, gets a helping hand as he battles swollen stream out in the field in South Vietnam.
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There will always be young reporters who want to cover wars. I know. I was once one of them.
A new exhibit in Washington, D.C., explores that question and much more about news coverage of the war. In this former war correspondent's opinion, the answer is clear.
21 Nov 1967, Dak To, South Vietnam --- 11/21/1967-Dak To, South Vietnam: A newsphoto cameraman is shown taking a picture while standing on a dirt road. He is there with the soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade awaiting evacuation from Hill 875 as fighting continues. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
As a GI reporter for the 1st Air Cavalry Division in Vietnam, the author--\"an enlisted man writing primarily for enlisted men\"--chronicled the experiences of combat soldiers in newspaper and magazine articles. His stories gave the Army's version of events, sprinkled with human interest and humor. They include his observations and photographs of jungle missions, life on firebases, struggles in the rear and his own survival as a harried frontline journalist. He also wrote almost daily letters home to his parents--personal dispatches filled with frank commentary and poignant, at times disturbing, anecdotes. His stories and letters are combined here in chronological order, providing a richly detailed narrative of combat in Vietnam.
Masters of Photography has some strong names in the history of Photography, from whom the current world has adhered to the styles of Photo Journalism, Street Photography, and Life reportage. Initially there wasn't much genre's
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18 Feb 1968, Saigon; Vietnam --- Young Lo Manh Hung wanders among a group of refugees in Saigon February 18 looking for picture possibilities. At the age of 12, he's probably the youngest photo journalist in South Vietnam. For two years now he has been helping his father, a veteran freelance photographer, cover the dramatic and sometimes violent events of this war torn city. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
From 1962 until his death in 1971, Larry Burrows captured some of the most powerful and brutally honest scenes from the Vietnam War.
There will always be young reporters who want to cover wars. I know. I was once one of them.
Browse 40 Years Since LBJ Ordered Vietnam Bombing To Stop latest photos. View images and find out more about 40 Years Since LBJ Ordered Vietnam Bombing To Stop at Getty Images.
British photographer Tim Page, who was wounded while on board the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Point Welcome, mistakenly fired on by American planes off the coast of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, December 1966. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images) Photo by Express Newspapers Thursday December 8th, 1966
Republic of Vietnam. Operation "DASPO". SSG Howard G. Breedlove, Combat Photographer, DASPO, Wades Through Knee Deep Water in Rice Paddies During an Infantry Sweep Through the Rice Paddies off the Main Highway Leading to Cu Chi from Saigon. 1967 research.archives.gov/id/6037258 Department of the Army Special Photo Office (DASPO).
Gifted author and travelling reporter whose writing covered Africa, Vietnam, Latin America and Yugoslavia
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Book Synopsis The Ultimate Protest: Malcolm W. Browne, Thich Quang Duc, and the News Photograph That Stunned the World examines how the most unlikely of war correspondents, Malcolm W. Browne, became the only Western reporter to capture Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc's horrific self-immolation on June 11, 1963. Quang Duc made his ultimate sacrifice to protest the perceived anti-Buddhist policies of the Catholic-dominated administration of South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem.Biographer Ray E. Boomhower's The Ultimate Protest explores the background of the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam in the spring of 1963 that led to Quang Duc's self-sacrifice as well as the worldwide reaction to Browne's photograph, how it affected American policy toward Diem's government, and the role the image played in the violent coup on November 1, 1963, that deposed Diem and led to his assassination. The book also delves into the dynamics involved in covering the Vietnam War in the early days of the American presence and the pressures placed on the journalists to stop raising doubts about how the war was going. Browne and his colleague David Halberstam shared the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for their work in Vietnam. Review Quotes "Boomhower conveys the breadth and depth of an amazing journalist's career and its impact in bearing witness to the Vietnam War. The book serves as a model for future journalists as he balances viewpoints to form a well-rounded picture of Browne and his work."--Jim Willis, author of 100 Media Moments That Changed America"Elegantly written, deeply researched, and fast paced, The Ultimate Protest shines an overdue light on the life and times of one of the first journalists to report critically on America's misadventure in Vietnam and the challenge of gathering news in the face of government evasions and lies--a challenge to reporters as relevant today as it was then. For anyone seeking a better understanding of how great journalism is practiced, this book is must-read."--Thomas D. Herman, director and producer of Dateline-Saigon"Malcolm Browne was everything a great reporter should be--intrepid, independent, insightful, and ultimately a bit wistful about the human condition. Ray Boomhower has given Malcolm the fine biography he deserved."--Peter L. W. Osnos, author of An Especially Good View: Watching History Happen--"Malcolm Browne, the first and longest-serving American correspondent in Vietnam, was long overshadowed by the better-known David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan. But Ray Boomhower's new book finally helps redress the balance. The Ultimate Protest is an engrossing read for anyone interested in how the United States got itself involved in Indochina despite clear warnings by its best journalists who found themselves labeled as 'enemy agents' for reporting the truth."--Fox Butterfield, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of China: Alive in the Bitter Sea"Ray Boomhower paints a fresh and vivid portrait of one of America's most accomplished war correspondents. With meticulous attention to detail, The Ultimate Protest deftly captures the dilemmas that faced journalists during the Vietnam War--and that continue to face reporters in more recent times."--Mark Atwood Lawrence, The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era
PHOTOS: Rare Vietnam War Pics Rediscovered
Vietnam-era war correspondents wore uniforms, ate field rations and shared many of the deprivations and dangers of ordinary fighting men. Five decades later, their ranks are thinning but those who remain are still telling stories about “the last good war” for combat journalists.
War dominated 30 years of Vietnam's history last century. The struggle that began with communists fighting French colonial power in the 1940s did not end
Vietnam Photographer Henri Huet Wearing ARVN Windproof Camo - posted in CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS: Just thought Id share these interesting pictures of French photographer Henri Huet, wearing the unusual hybrid cut of the ARVN windproof camo, or bulletproofs, pinks, purples, bloodcake, whatever you want to call it. The jacket has the square upper bellows chest pockets of the Airborne Advisor cut? and two lower jungle jacket style pockets. Very weird for sure. I think Copran showed this jacket sty...
Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam, fell to North Vietnamese forces on April 30th 1975. The fall of Saigon effectively marked the end of the Vietnam War. After the introduction of Vietnamisation by President Richard Nixon, US forces in South Vietnam had been constantly reduced leaving the military of South Vietnam to defend their country against the North. Saigon had already experienced direct military action in 1968 when as part of the Tet Offensive North Vietnamese forces had appeared in Saigon and for a short time had entered the US Embassy. However, brief their incursion may have been, the appearance of North Vietnamese forces in the South’s capital had been a shock. By 1975, what remained of the South Vietnamese Army was not capable of withstanding the advance of the North and it was an inevitability that Saigon would fall to communist forces. 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- A North Vietnamese tank rolls into a compound during the fall of Saigon, 1975. --- Image by © Francoise de Mulder/CORBIS 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, Vietnam --- Vietnamese celebrate after the fall of Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/Corbis North Vietnamese troops enter Saigon on tanks and trucks, ending the Vietnam War. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/Corbis 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Female North Vietnamese troops enter Saigon carrying wooden rifles, red flags, and portrait of Ho Chi Minh. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Popular jubilation as North Vietnamese troops enter Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- North Vietnamese troops seize the presidential palace in Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Female North Vietnamese troops enter Saigon in a jeep. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- During the Fall of Saigon, a boy on a jeep waves a transitional flag (used for 4 months in the middle of 1975) for South Vietnam, soon to reunite with the North. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS As Saigon falls to the communist rule of North Vietnamese, US Ambassador to Vietnam, Graham Martin, speaks to the press April 29, 1975 after an evacuation from South Vietnam. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Liaison) The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975 Spontaneous cheers at the communists's arrival. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Vietnam war in April, 1975. (Photo by Jean-Claude FRANCOLON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Civilian evacuees board US Marine helicopter inside US Embassy compound to be helilifted to the US Seventh Fleet ahead of Communist troops about to enter Saigon on the last day of the Vietnam War, April 30th 1975 --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975-Population fleeing on route. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) US civilians board helicopter inside the American Embassy compound in Saigon to escape advancing North Vietnamese about to capture Saigon. The evacuees were taken to the Sixth Fleet the day before Saigon fell to the Communists, April 29 1975 --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis Civilian evacuees board US Marine helicopter inside US Embassy compound to be helilifted to the US Seventh Fleet ahead of Communist troops about to enter Saigon on the last day of the Vietnam War, April 30th 1975 --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis Marines guard the evacuation of civilians at Tan Son Nhut airbase in Vietnam while under Viet Cong fire, during the fall of Saigon, on April 15, 1975 Civilian evacuees board US Marine helicopter inside US Embassy compound to be helilifted to the US Seventh Fleet ahead of Communist troops about to enter Saigon on the last day of the Vietnam War, April 30th 1975 --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975 - President Thieu. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Japan ESouth Vietnamese UH-1H being pushed overboard to make room for a Cessna O-1 landing. Operation Frequent Wind, the final operation in Saigon, began April 29, 1975. During a nearly constant barrage of explosions, the Marines loaded American and Vietnamese civilians, who feared for their lives, onto helicopters that brought them to waiting aircraft carriers. The Navy vessels brought them to the Philippines and eventually to Camp Pendleton, Calif. (Official U.S. Navy photo) Vietnamese helicopter sinking after being dumped overboard from aircraft carrier to make more room for the evacuation of American personnel from Vietnam during the fall of Saigon. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) Jam-packed with more than 7,000 refugees, the South Vietnamese Navy ship HQ-504 arrives at Vung Tau port, the South Vietnam' s most popular sea resort, and now the only port city in the Government hands. More than 20,000 Vietnamese refugees including those from Hue and Danang arrived at Vung Tau from Cam Ranh Bay, on board the Navy ships. The cease fire agreement was signed during the international peace conference on Vietnam the 02 March 1973 in Paris. (Photo credit should read STAFF/AFP/Getty Images) 29 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- A CIA employee (probably O.B. Harnage) helps Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air America helicopter from the top of 22 Gia Long Street, a half mile from the U.S. Embassy. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS Crowds of Vietnamese and Western evacuees wait around the swimming pool inside the American Embassy compound in Saigon hoping to escape Vietnam via helicopter before the arrival of North Vietnamese troops. Nearly all were left behind as the evacuation stopped at nightfall and the following day, April 30, NVA tanks rolled into saigon and the Vietnam War officially ended. --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis The Fall of Saigon in Vietnam on April 30, 1975. The Fall of Saigon in Vietnam on April 30, 1975 - A jeep willis with on board elements of the GRP (Provisional Revolutionary Government) South Vietnamese traverses Saigon announcing the arrival of the north-Vietnamese tanks. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Fall of Saigon in Vietnam on April 30, 1975 - The vehicles occupied by soldiers and the resistants go through the town celebrating the victory. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Abandoned uniforms of South Vietnamese soldiers lie on the road after the invasion of North Communist troops which led to the Fall of Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- South Vietnamese [sic] tank in flames as North Vietnamese forces enter Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS Press conference of General Tran Van Tra after the fall of Saigon April 30, 1975. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Saigon in Vietnam on April 30, 1975 - G.P.R soldiers and North Vietnamese soldiers in Doc Lap palace after the fall of Saigon on April 30,1975 (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Fall of Saigon in Vietnam on April 29, 1975 - The last American journalists leave Saigon. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- Captured South Vietnamese soldiers sit on a broad lawn after North Vietnamese troops seize the presidential palace in Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS South Vietnamese refugees approach a U.S. war ship to seek refuge from the invading force from the North April 1975 in the South China Sea near Saigon. American involvement in the Vietnam War came to an end when troops from communist North Vietnam invaded Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam in the South. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images) American military Chinook helicopters April 1975 help in the evacuation of Saigon. America''s involvement in the Vietnam War ended as troops from communist North Vietnam invaded Saigon, the capial of the Republic of Vietnam in the South. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images) South Vietnamese flee Saigon April 1975 with the help of the U.S. military. American involvement in the Vietnam War came to an end when troops from communist North Vietnam invaded Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam in the South. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images) Saigon's fall. South Vietnamese soldier. April 30, 1975. (Photo by Francoise De Mulder/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) Saigon in Vietnam in April, 1975 - The area surrounding the American Embassy just before the fall of the city in late April 1975. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Saigon in Vietnam on May 01, 1975 - The wounded civilians at the hospital Grall. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) South Vietnamese refugees in boats approach a U.S. war ship to seek refuge from the invading force from the North April 1975 in the South China Sea near Saigon. American involvement in the Vietnam War came to an end when troops from communist North Vietnam invaded Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam in the South. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images) War of Vietnam. Saigon's fall. Taken of the presidential palace. North - Vietnamese officer holding a flag of the G.R.P. April 30, 1975. FDM-363-8. (Photo by Francoise De Mulder/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) The Fall of Saigon in Vietnam on April 29, 1975 - A small South Vietnamese plane deliaison was probably crushed with fuel course in a suburb of Saigon at the time of an attempt in escape. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) South Vietnamese clamber aboard barges in the port of Saigon in an attempt to escape from advancing North Vietnamese troops on the day of the Fall of Saigon that ended the Vietnam War --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis North Vietnamese troops are blindfolded and held under guard April 1975 in Saigon. American involvement in the Vietnam War came to an end when troops from communist North Vietnam invaded Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam in the South. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images) 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam --- A Vietnamese man prays in front of a portrait of Ho Chi Minh after the Fall of Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/CORBIS South Vietnamese clamber aboard barges in the port of Saigon in an attempt to escape from advancing North Vietnamese troops on the day of the Fall of Saigon that ended the Vietnam War --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975 - The Vietcong cutting hair and "western" clothes. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975 - Vietcongs arriving in Saigon. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) 30 Apr 1975, Saigon, Vietnam --- Vietnamese celebrate after the fall of Saigon. --- Image by © Jacques Pavlovsky/Sygma/Corbis South Vietnamese citizens seeking to flee the country April 1975 are assisted by South Vietnamese troops. American involvement in the Vietnam War came to an end when troops from communist North Vietnam invaded Saigon, the capital of the Republic of Vietnam in the South. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Getty Images) The Fall Of Saigon In Vietnam On April 30, 1975 Saigon ( Vietnam's ) fall. Wreck of an airplane in a street. April 30, 1975. FDM-370-6. (Photo by Francoise De Mulder/Roger Viollet/Getty Images) South Vietnamese clamber aboard barges in the port of Saigon in an attempt to escape from advancing North Vietnamese troops on the day of the Fall of Saigon that ended the Vietnam War --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis Vietnamese refugee family fleeing advancing North Vietnamese Communists try to push their laden scooter back onto Highway 1 outside Saigon a few days before Saigon fell and the Vietnam War ended April 1975 --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis A tank through the streets of the city destroyed, during the Tet offensive, the Vietnamese new year night. Saigon, January 1968. (Photo by Angelo Cozzi/Archivio Angelo Cozzi/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images) Two Chinook helicopters hover above a road as they assist in evacuating supplies and soldiers of the South Vietnamese (ARVN) 18th Division and their families from Xuan Loc, Vietnam, mid April, 1975. The road is likely Highway 1. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975 - Attacking the presidential palace. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) April, 1975 - Cemetery of Saigon, last South Vietnamese deads. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) As Saigon falls to the communist rule of North Vietnamese, reporters cover the story April, 1975 from a roof top. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Liaison) Assault on Presidential Palace. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) As Saigon falls to the communist rule of North Vietnamese, a Vietamese family await evacuation April, 1975 in Saigon, Vietnam. (Photo by Dirck Halstead/Liaison) Crewmen of the amphibious cargo ship U.S.S. Durham (LKA-114) take Vietnamese refugees aboard from a small craft. The refugees will be transferred later by mechanized landing craft (LCM) to the freighter Transcolorado. The fall of Saigon to Communist North Vietnam April 30th Saigon, South Vietnam falls to the communist from the North after intense fighting. Many try to flee by ground, air and sea with the help of American Soldiers, South Vietnam, April, 1975. (Photo by Dirck Halstead / Liaison Agency) Desperate South Vietnamese citizens try to scale the walls of the American Embassy in a vain attempt to flee Saigon and avancing North Vietnamese troops . The following day April 30 1975 Saigon fell to the communists and the Vietnam War was officially over. --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis Jam-packed with more than 7,000 refugees, the South Vietnamese Navy ship HQ-504 arrives at Vung Tau port, the South Vietnam' s most popular sea resort, and now the only port city in the Government hands. More than 20,000 Vietnamese refugees including those from Hue and Danang arrived at Vung Tau from Cam Ranh Bay, on board the Navy ships. The cease fire agreement was signed during the international peace conference on Vietnam the 02 March 1973 in Paris. (Photo credit should read STAFF/AFP/Getty Images) The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975-Tank in Saigon. (Photo by Jean-Claude LABBE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) The Fall of SAIGON - Escape from Vietnam Desperate South Vietnamese refugees cling to vehicles along Highway 1 as they flee North Vietnamese troops advancing to capture Saigon a few days before the Fall of Saigon that signaled the end of the Vietnam War. --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis Desperate South Vietnamese refugees cling to vehicles along Highway 1 as they flee North Vietnamese troops advancing to capture Saigon a few days before the Fall of Saigon that signaled the end of the Vietnam War. --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis South Vietnamese babies on a flight from Saigon to the USA (probably San Francisco) during Operation Babylift, the mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War, from 3rd to 26th April 1975. (Photo by Jean-Claude FRANCOLON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Desperate and frightened South Vietnamese try to convince US Marines guarding the American Embassy to let them into the compound hoping that they will be evacuated by helicopter before the arrival of North Vietnamese troops about to enter the city. Most of them were denied entrance and the hundreds of refugees already inside the embassy grounds were abandoned. --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/Corbis April 1975, Bien-hoa, South Vietnam --- A street congested with traffic as refugees flee in automobiles to Saigon near the end of the Vietnam War. --- Image by © Nik Wheeler/CORBIS Refugees during the last days of the Vietnam War. Photo by Hiroji Kubota Refugees during the last days of the Vietnam War. Photo by Hiroji Kubota
Anja Niedringhaus, a critically acclaimed photographer for the Associated Press, was fatally shot in Afghanistan. She had covered everything from war to sporting events.
02 Feb 1971, Khe Sanh, Vietnam --- UPI staff photographer Kent Potter is shown walking and there are GIs' and a helicopter behind him. He is wearing army fatigues and has two cameras hanging around his neck. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Charlie Houghey was drafted into the US Army in October of 1967. He was 24, and had been in college in Michigan before running out of money and quitting school to work in a sheet metal factory. The draft notice meant that he was to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam, designated a rifleman, the basic field position in the Army. After 63 days in Vietnam, he was made a photographer, shooting photographs for the Army and US newspapers, with these instructions from the Colonel: âYou are not a combat photographer. This is a morale operation. If I see pictures of my guys in papers, doing their jobs with honor, then you can do what you like in Vietnam.â He shot nearly 2,000 images between March 1968 and May 1969 before taking the negatives home. And there they sat, out of sight, but not out of mind, for 45 years, until a chance meeting brought them out of dormancy and into a digital scanner. At first, it was very difficult to view the images and talk about them, especially not knowing the fates of many of the subjects of his photos. When the digitization hit 1,700 negative scans, Haughey put them on a slideshow and viewed them all at once, and didnât sleep for three days after. Heâs slowly getting better at dealing with the emotional impact of seeing the images for the first time in decades. A team of volunteers has worked with Haughey to plan a 28-image show, titled A Weather Walked In, which opens April 5th in the ADX art gallery in Portland, Oregon. The difficulty of keeping notes in a war zone along with the passage of decades has faded the details behind many of the images, and the captions reflect this fact, with many shots of unknown people in forgotten locations at unspecified times. It is hoped that publication of the pictures can yield more information. More images from the collection will be released as the project progresses. You can follow the progress on Facebook and Tumblr. Thanks to Chieu Hoi project volunteer Kris Regentin for preparing much of this introduction and the accompanying captions. -- Lane Turner (46 photos total)Bowed head in truck: Soldier and location unidentified. Charlie's first response to this photo: "It was not uncommon to find anyone with a head bowed for a moment, more often when we were heading out than when we were coming back. Interesting that he has a flak jacket, he's taking precautions on both sides of the fence. M16, a steel pot, a flak jacket, and a prayer."
