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Famous Photographs of

Famous Photographs of. (1958-1964=Advisors). (End of Major Combat). Images that Influenced Peoples’ Opinions About the War. Too Much for Anybody to Handle… -Hearing from his Brother-in-law who served in Vietnam -”Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?!”.

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  1. Famous Photographs of (1958-1964=Advisors) (End of Major Combat) Images that Influenced Peoples’ Opinions About the War

  2. Too Much for Anybody to Handle… -Hearing from his Brother-in-law who served in Vietnam -”Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?!”

  3. Conscription (Draft) Lists

  4. Hippie???

  5. http://www.vietnampix.com/intro2.htm

  6. It’s Uncle Sy!!!

  7. “No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.” --President Richard M. Nixon, 1985

  8. President George H.W. Bush "When people think of historic events, they don't usually remember the words … they remember the images. One photo may not tell us the entire truth, but it gives us a piece of the truth … a glimpse of history, and that's important work."

  9. Where were you?

  10. World War II victory in Europe at last! American and Soviet soldier embrace in Germany.

  11. Where were you? www.photos-september11.com

  12. Sudan Famine: 1994 • This photo is the "Pulitzer Prize" winning photo depicting a famine stricken child crawling towards a United Nations food camp, located a kilometer (0.6 miles) away. • The vulture is waiting for the child to die so it can eat it. This picture shocked the whole world. No one knows what happened to the child, not even the photographer Kevin Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken. • Three months later he committed suicide due to depression.

  13. http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://photos8.flickr.com/10542831_e52cfff4a0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2005/04/warlords-seen-as-spoilers-of-sudan.html&h=288&w=457&sz=43&tbnid=cWyuPwHEM1vszM::&tbnh=81&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPulitzer%2BPrize%2BWinning%2BPhotographs&usg=__FHp2-h0YoP-pjdWfRLeket7UUvE=&ei=lcDBSYO_CZOqMo-v6ZAK&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://photos8.flickr.com/10542831_e52cfff4a0.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sudanwatch.blogspot.com/2005/04/warlords-seen-as-spoilers-of-sudan.html&h=288&w=457&sz=43&tbnid=cWyuPwHEM1vszM::&tbnh=81&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3DPulitzer%2BPrize%2BWinning%2BPhotographs&usg=__FHp2-h0YoP-pjdWfRLeket7UUvE=&ei=lcDBSYO_CZOqMo-v6ZAK&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=1&ct=image&cd=1

  14. “Migrant Mother” by Dorothea Lange http://www.americaslibrary.gov/aa/lange/aa_lange_power_2_e.html

  15. The first flag raising atop Mount Suribachi, February 23, 1945. Hank Hansen (without helmet), Boots Thomas (seated), John Bradley (behind Thomas) Phil Ward (hand visible grasping pole), Jim Michaels (with carbine) and Chuck Lindberg (behind Michaels).Photo by Lou Lowery. 10AM, Feb. 23, 1945

  16. Here's the second flag raising as seen in the the most reproduced photograph in the history of photography.

  17. Of the six men depicted in the picture, three (Franklin Sousley, Harlon Block, and Michael Strank) were killed during the battle; the three survivors (John Bradley, Rene Gagnon, and Ira Hayes) became celebrities upon their identification in the photo. The picture was later used by Felix de Weldon to sculpt the USMC War Memorial, located adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery just outside Washington, D.C.

  18. "In that moment, Rosenthal's camera recorded the soul of a nation." . . .Editors of US Camera Magazine. "It was like shooting a football game. You never knew what you got on film." . . . Joe Rosenthal, Photographer

  19. Which to use? • (V)ictor (C)harlie

  20. The Blunt Reality of War in VietnamIt was perhaps the most controversial cover for LIFE magazine, which usually steered clear of controversy. Paul Schutzers captured this image of a VietCong prisoner gagged and bound, being taken prisoner by American forces during the Vietnam War. Photography and news coverage like this helped to turn the American public against the Vietnam war.

  21. #1 The photo is known by at least 3 well known titles: “Terror of War,” “Vietnam Napalm,” and “Children Fleeing an American Napalm Strike.” All the titles invite multiple, different, and worthwhile interpretations of the image. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thị_Kim_Phúc - 32k

  22. http://streamer.espeakers.com/2/6472/14914.jpg

  23. #2 This picture was shot by Eddie Adams who won the Pulitzer price with it. www.thewe.cc

  24. #3 John Filo's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio, a fourteen-year-old runaway, kneeling over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller after he was shot by the National Guard. worldsfamousphotos.com/.../kent-state-1970.jpg

  25. #4 http://jaccuse.wordpress.com/2007/09/26/myanmar/

  26. #5 http://www.nppa.org

  27. www.nppa.org/.../05/images/horst_faas_02_000.jpg #6

  28. #7

  29. Chick Harrity Pulitizer #8 “Operation Baby Lift” – 1975 -Evacuation of South Vietnamese Orphans http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Vietnam-war-picture-that-touched-a-nation-can-still-surprise/2005/05/22/1116700595259.html

  30. This well-known photo taken by Hubert van Es shows South Vietnamese civilians scrambling to board a CIA Air America helicopter during the U.S. evacuation of Saigon. #9 Fall of Saigon-April 28, 1975 -US pleaded for time “The Saddest Occurrence” –President Gerald Ford http://www.vapoliticalblogs.com/2007/12/18/page/2/

  31. 6,500 Americans and South Vietnamese officials were evacuated. “Insure that all 400 Americans in the Embassy compound are evacuated in this operation ASAP.”

  32. Trivia • What song was played through the streets of S. Vietnam that indicated it was time to evacuate the city?

  33. Boat People

  34. Agent Orange

  35. # #10 Cam Lo, Quang Tri Province. Phan Thi Hoi bathes her 14-year-old son, Bui Quang Ky. She was exposed to Agent Orange when she was in the North Vietnamese Army during the war. http://www.vn-agentorange.org/VanityFair_200608s.html

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