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The photographs and videos captured by DASPO document the Vietnam War and are now historical artifacts of this period. The purpose of DASPO was to inform the Pentagon and the Department of the Army, but their photos also often accompanied news reports and introduced the American public to the realities of the faraway war. [ 16 ]
Rare is it to find a photograph showing a relaxed, almost spirited look at the Vietnam War. After the death of her friend's father, a Vietnam vet, Rennick's friend found the collection of slides ...
It has been called the "best photo from the war"; it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and was featured in the 2017 documentary The Vietnam War. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In May 1968, during Operation Toan Thang I , an American-led offensive against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces in Saigon , Greenspon was wounded in the face by a spent shell at ...
Vietnam: The Camera at War is a television documentary originally broadcast on BBC2 in 1995 as a special edition of the arts strand The Late Show marking the 20th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. It tells the story of the war through its most iconic photographs (such as The Burning Monk and The Napalm Girl, etc.)
Vietnam in HD (known as Vietnam Lost Films outside the US) is a 6-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 8 to November 11, 2011 on the History Channel. From the same producers as WWII in HD , the program focuses on the firsthand experiences of thirteen Americans during the Vietnam War .
The Viet Cong (also known as the National Liberation Front, or NLF), a South Vietnamese communist common front, aided by the North, fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The People's Army of Vietnam , also known as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), engaged in a more conventional war , at times committing large units ...
The first U.S. prisoners of war were released by North Vietnam on February 11, and all U.S. military personnel were to leave South Vietnam by March 29. As an inducement for Thieu's government to sign the agreement, Nixon had promised that the U.S. would provide financial and limited military support (in the form of air strikes) so that the ...
Operation Putnam Valley [2] 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment operation: Bình Định Province: Oct 16 – Dec 31: Operation Keystone Robin (Bravo) [2] Redeployment of the 4th Infantry Division and 25th Infantry Division (excl 2nd Brigade) from South Vietnam to the United States: Oct 22 – Nov 3: Operation Noble Canyon [2]