[northernlights]

What kind of mental scars did this young GI endure after his tour(s) of Vietnam?

[northernlights]

Click on photo for full size view.

[vagabond]

Yeah, that's a pretty poignant picture- I wonder what he's thinking about there and what happened to him?

[kellyhound]

A group of people are huddled together in a jungle clearing, some with arms reaching toward a light from above. At first glance, perhaps an allegorical painting from the age of da Vinci. But on closer examination, it’s a black and white photograph. The people are soldiers, and the divine deliverance they seek is a medevac helicopter, coming in to pick up wounded men.

Given the subject matter, that image, by Art Greenspon, might never have made it past the censors of World War II, which was nearly into its third year before Americans first saw photos of dead G.I.’s on a Pacific beach. Today, it is on the cover of “Vietnam: The Real War,” a new history of America’s military and political misadventure in Southeast Asia, built around nearly 300 photo images from the archives of The Associated Press.

[souris]

looks like my O face

[30564U]

Looks like he has gas.

[murofhsirgo]

Helluva pic, thanks!

[nat906]

good material .hope we see more.

[30564U]

You guys do realize that the soldier in the photo has been wounded and is waiting for medical evacuation. He's in obvious pain from his wound(s). He's wearing a wound triage tag around his neck.

[LadyCPlum]

My father's a vet, and to this day he can't watch any movies or read any books regarding the war.