One thing about the Vietnam War - it was quite documented via photography. I know that WW1 and WW2 had photo documentation, but I felt, as if the 70s was when photography of horrific events were more accessible.
The War museum was full of pictures of soldiers, of victims, of everything, on both the American and the Vietnam sides. There were pictures of torture, of death, of the dead, of fighting, and of the aftermath of chemical war fare. That, I think, was the hardest to deal with. There were pictures of victims from back during the war, but then there were pictures of victims... born in 2003. 2003! That's years and years later.
It was a long, hard and thought-filled day. My conclusion of thoughts was basically that Vietnam War sucked... for everyone involved.
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YES it did!
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