The wreck of an American B-52, left over from the Vietnam War, rises out of the waters of a lagoon.
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American Airman Bill Robinson being guarded by an NVA soldier following his capture on September 20, 1965; his helicopter was shot down and the crew was taken to the Hanoi Hilton.
He became the longest-held POW in American history after spending more than seven years in captivity - he was released from the Hanoi Hilton in February of 1973.
“A soldier of the 25th Infantry Division, coated with sweat and grime, patrols thick jungle near the Cambodian border, Nov. 26, 1966.”
A ten year old South Vietnamese child soldier, “called a ‘little tiger’ for killing two ‘Vietcong women cadre’ - his mother and teacher, it was rumored.”
South Vietnam - 1968
(Photo by Phillip Jones Griffiths)
Horst Faas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning combat photographer who became one of the world’s legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with the AP, captured these images during the Vietnam War. Faas died Thursday, May 10 in Munich at the age of 79.
A shell-shocked Marine at the Battle of Hue.
Hue, South Vietnam - February, 1968
Photo by Don McCullin.
The Kent State Massacre:
National Guardsmen fire on a crowd of students protesting the Vietnam War and the American invasion of Cambodia at Kent State University, killing four students and wounding nine more - paralyzing one for life. Earlier protests had turned to rioting, which had first spurred the calling of the National Guard to the University.
The shooting itself lasted only 13 seconds, in which 67 bullets were fired at close range.
May 4, 1970 - 42 years ago today.
Scenes from the U.S. Embassy in Saigon during the American evacuation of civilian and military personnel, as well as thousands of Vietnamese refugees.
April 29 - 30, 1975
A squad of 11 Marines departing from Saigon - the last American troops to leave Vietnam.
April 30, 1975
The fall of Saigon:
A North Vietnamese tank breaking through the gates of Independence Palace (now known as “Reunification Palace”) in Saigon, signifying the fall of South Vietnam and the end of the Vietnam War.
April 30, 1975 - 37 years ago today.
