Thứ Hai, 11 tháng 5, 2015

11 unforgettable photos of the Vietnam War









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US soldiers burned houses near Saigon in November 1965.




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US aircraft sprayed Agent Orange in southern Vietnam in June 1966. The toxic chemical spraying campaign of Washington took place from 1962 to 1971, with the codename Ranch Hand. The objective of the campaign was to destroy the natural camouflage of the northern army to prevent them from entering the south.




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A US soldier creeps up on a field in southern Vietnam in 1966.




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The body of an American soldier is taken to a helicopter in Tay Ninh. Washington suffered heavy losses of life and property when participating in the war in Vietnam. About 58,000 soldiers were killed and more than 300,000 were wounded in the war. In addition, it also lost 9,000 aircraft, helicopters and other equipment.




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War aircraft of the US near Saigon nearly 50 years ago.




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James E Callahan, a soldier from Massachusetts, gave his seriously injured teammate artificial respiration in the Vietnam War in 1967.




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The photo by Nick Ut, AP photographer, is an iconic image depicting the ferocity of the war. In the photo, Phan Thi Kim Phuc is running and crying after the American army dropped napalms on Trang Bang, Tay Ninh, 1972. The main character in the photo met Nick Ut later. She currently lives in Canada with her husband and children.




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A family happily greets an American soldier returning to the air base in California. Under the Paris Agreement signed on January 27, 1973, Washington withdrew its army from South Vietnam, closed military bases and the two sides exchanged prisoners.




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The last US personnel leaving Saigon before the war ends.




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The tank of the liberation army crashes the gate of the Independence Palace on 30.4.1975.




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People flock to the streets of Saigon to celebrate the country’s unification (30/4/1975). 




Nguồn: english.vietnamnet.vn


11 unforgettable photos of the Vietnam War

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