Pictures Of The War

For comparison every soldier fighting in the civil war was 13 times more likely to die in the line of duty than were american soldiers fighting in the vietnam war.

Pictures of the war. This was not the case with 9 year old phan thi kim phuc. The vietnam war pictures that moved them most while the vietnam war raged roughly two decades worth of bloody and world changing years compelling images made their way out of the combat. Casualty pictures from the 2003 invasion of iraq. World war i in photos.

In total eight percent of all white males aged 13 to 43 living in america at the dawn of the civil war died during the conflict that s approximately 2 5 percent of the total american population. Find over 100 of the best free war images. A century ago in the summer of 1914 a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million. The pictures that defined world war ii getting the perfect shot in wartime is not only about weapons.

According to scoop us troops in iraq and afghanistan have posted on the internet several hundred photographs of mutilated corpses from the real war in exchange for free on line pornography. The vietnam war 1959 1975 was bloody dirty and very unpopular. These vietnam war photos are a key part of understanding soldiers experiences during the conflict and provide insight into operational specifics that were unknown to the press. A young man killed in the iraq war.

Photographers were there every step of the way to capture the heroic triumphs and devastating. Though these vietnam war photos have not yet pierced the public consciousness in the same way that civilian photojournalists images have the historical record is truly not complete without them. Soldiers found themselves fighting against an enemy they rarely saw in a jungle they couldn t master for a cause they barely understood. The faces of collateral damage and friendly fire are generally not seen.

Free for commercial use no attribution required copyright free. On june 8 1972 associated press photographer nick ut was outside trang bang about 25 miles northwest of saigon when the south vietnamese air force mistakenly dropped a load of napalm on the village. In february 2009 the new american president barack obama declared a recommitment to the war and deployed 17 000 more troops to afghanistan adding to the.