In March 1968, a platoon of soldiers from Charlie Company received word that Viet Cong guerrillas had taken cover in the Quang Ngai village of Son My. The platoon entered one of the village’s four hamlets, My Lai 4, on a search-and-destroy mission on the morning of March 16. Instead...
During the chaotic final weeks of the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army closes in on Saigon as the panicked South Vietnamese people desperately attempt to escape. On the ground, American soldiers and diplomats confront the same moral quandary: whether to obey White House orders to evacua...
but chose to stand and fight nonetheless, dying for their freedom and country. Although South Vietnam lost this battle, the stories of these soldiers live on to this day. From their
1965, and continued to November 2, 1968. Its primary goal was to demoralize the North Vietnamese and diminish their manufacturing and transportation abilities. An air war was the most that could be done north
However, before the vehicle reached central Saigon, the zealous and angry soldiers had killed Diem and Nhu by shooting them at point-blank range and then repeatedly stabbing their bodies. Diem was subsequently buried in an unmarked grave not far from the US ambassador’s residence. What followed...
When and what was the last war U.S. troops truly believed in, one that they weren’t entirely ashamed of? I think you’d have to go back to World War II, and of course even then more than a few U.S. troops had their doubts, as citizen-soldiers of a democracy are wont to have...
Hien is one of some 300,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong soldiers still missing in action from what is known here as the American War. In marked contrast to the U.S. effort, the search for Vietnamese MIAs has largely been left to the families of the missing. Even now, 25 years ...
Portfolio: Images of War as Landscape Whether they produced battlefield images of the dead or daguerreotype portraits of common soldiers, […] Stories Jerrie Mock: Record-Breaking American Female Pilot In 1964 an Ohio woman took up the challenge that had led to Amelia Earhart’s disappearance. ...
Situated about 70 km northwest of the city, the Cu Chi Tunnels are a vast underground network that Viet Cong soldiers used during the Vietnam War. Here, you can crawl through some of the safer, yet very tiny tunnels, learn about the ingenious traps set for enemies, and get a sense of...
The tunnels were used as hiding spots, hospitals, living quarters and supply routes by Viet Cong soldiers during the Vietnam War. The narrow passages give a harrowing insight into what it must have been like for the soldiers and families that had to live through such a horrific time in Viet...