Fascinating images of the Vietnam war
Mar 18, 2014 00:19:32 #
Mar 18, 2014 01:07:24 #
Wow, great post! Great pics of brave men and one brave photographer. Thanks for posting.
Mar 18, 2014 07:56:40 #
Mar 18, 2014 10:32:45 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
Pictorial evidence that war is, indeed, hell. A very tragic time captured by the quintessential war photog, Horst Faas.
Mar 18, 2014 11:42:17 #
jeep_daddy wrote:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2012/05/15/photographer-collection-horst-faas-vietnam/5689/
Diddy-Mau
Mar 18, 2014 12:34:43 #
Glad you all liked them. Yes, photographers had to be brave to go into battle with nothing but a camera. A few months ago I saw a special on TV about the photographers of the Vietnam war and they interviewed photographers from both sides. It was also interesting how the photographers from the other side had to make due with cameras, film and lighting that were inferior to our photographers. Sometimes they would use gunpowder as a source of light in the tunnels they occupied to create the necessary light to get the shot. They just pried off the bullet projectile and emptied 10 or 20 shells into a pile on the floor, lit it with a match and took the shot as the powder lit up the tunnel.
Mar 18, 2014 12:42:22 #
Lost so many good folks, on all sides. I've often wondered what happened to many of the one-time friends I had in S. Vietnam. Bitter time; life-altering.
Mar 18, 2014 22:45:08 #
Mar 18, 2014 22:46:29 #
DavidPine
Loc: Fredericksburg, TX
Thanks for the post, least we forget for I cannot.
jeep_daddy wrote:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2012/05/15/photographer-collection-horst-faas-vietnam/5689/
Mar 19, 2014 08:02:21 #
Mar 19, 2014 11:12:20 #
Brings back a lot of bad memories. Too many good guys lost their lives over there.
Mar 19, 2014 15:04:13 #
Great images, they bring back many memories. Image 27 was where I was stationed in 1970.
Mar 19, 2014 18:56:56 #
That brought back more memories than I wanted.:) We wore the phase out!!!! Never want to be able to say it ever again. I was over there for almost 7 years. fascinating pictures? Maybe? But I think they are eye opening shots of what war is! I hope a lot of folks take a good look at what we went through!!! Semper Fi!!!!!
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warrior wrote:
Diddy-Mau
Mar 19, 2014 21:48:34 #
jeep_daddy wrote:
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2012/05/15/photographer-collection-horst-faas-vietnam/5689/
Thanks for posting.
Mar 19, 2014 23:55:13 #
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