Tag: Vietnam War
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Laos: Legacies of War Amid a Promising Future
At Laos’s Plain of Jars, pockmarked earth reveals war’s scars. Yet, among bombs turned to flowerpots and spoons, a resilient people look toward a peaceful future.
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Dog Tags and Medals for Sale in a Vietnamese Market
“All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.” François Fénelon On a bustling road leading to Hué’s once-grand Imperial City are sidewalk plots where vendors sell antique blue and white china, happy Buddha statues, and items reminding passersby of tragic chapters in Vietnam’s history. The items are harmoniously intermingled: North Vietnamese battle awards,…
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Photo du Jour: An Imperial City Destroyed By War – Hué, Vietnam
Many of the walls of Hué’s Imperial Enclosure and Forbidden Purple City bear the scars of war from decades past. There are walls devoured by mortar rounds and brick façades pock-marked by bullets.
