Two weeks ago (April 30th) marked the 35th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. This was a war fought between communist North Vietnam and South Vietnam with the United States being the main supporter of the south.
The war is well known to have had a huge death toll: between 3-4 million Vietnamese, 1.5-2 million Laotians and Cambodians, 58 159 U.S. soldiers.
Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam.
-Marshall McLuhan, 1975
There have been countless movies on the subject, including such well known films as: Apocalypse Now, Platoon, The Deer Hunter, and Full Metal Jacket to name a few.
I hope you enjoy (in the least insulting way) this photo-collage I’ve made.
