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Photographer Collection: Horst Faas in Vietnam
35 Whelen
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Horst Faas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning combat photographer who became one of the world's legendary photojournalists in nearly half a century with the AP, captured these images during the Vietnam War. Faas died Thursday, May 10, 2012 in Munich at age 79.
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2012/05/15/photographer-collection-horst-faas-vietnam/5689/#photo2
http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2012/05/15/photographer-collection-horst-faas-vietnam/5689/#photo2
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I remember seeing his work during the war, I believe they printed many of his great photos in Life Magazine.
In this Jan. 16, 1966 photo, Lt. Col. George Eyster of Florida is placed on a stretcher after being shot by a Viet Cong sniper at Trung Lap, South Vietnam. (AP Photo/Horst Faas, File)
This is one of the pics from this link. I have this photo in the book "The Tunnels of Cu Chi."
Lt. Col. Eyster had just been fatally shot by a sniper who sprung up from a "spider hole" and then jumped back in the hole before he was shot. They could not find the guy; it turned out the spider hole was part of a 250 mile long tunnel complex that was right underneath the big US base.
Lt. Col. Eyster made a remark about "those fantastic fighters in the tunnels," referring to the VC, and then he died.
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I agree with allen griggs that the pictures are fantastic. I do have one question/comment. In picture #12, the caption says the A - 1 is dropping 500 lb bombs. I certainly do not claim to be an expert. but they look more like napalm to me. Am I right?
Your right, those are napalm cannisters. 500 lb bombs would have fins on them so they strike the ground fuses first.
Those photos were taken before, during and after my time there. I carried a camera with me but not nearly the quality of the cameras used for those pictures. I have a scrapbook of the pics I took.
Michlien Plantation 1967....These pics should be posted in Congress,when they decide to send young men into harms way.[:(]
Exactly, five of the pictures, numbers 23, 26, 31, 56, and 57 mention Michelin Rubber Plantation, and number 46 notes a rubber plantation as well. Number 58 shows another problem in that a soldier has black power shown on his helmet, and note the year of 1969, when the military was at the very height of its race problems with all too many of these militant people fraggin and killing their own comrades. And, within two years this hate and discontent which had been inspired by such low life scum as Malcolm "X" and Louis Farrakhan had spilled over into the their Muslim followers which resulted in the killing LEO's and innocent men, women and children in America, not to dwell on the riots in our cities that soon followed.
These pictures ought to tell the real story behind our world problems and those who are behind it...but the vast majority of folks, especially those younger ones will see it as a reason to grow the U.S. military industrial complex, its world police force, and a police state for America. Not a pretty picture at all, but it is what it is.
What the hell has changed during the past 40+ years other than we have a bunch of radical buzzards in congress, many of whom want to create a national holiday for Malcolm "X", and those who will do anything to hasten Armageddon! We need to replace most every government building in Washington with a Chick-Fil-A, a new crew, and start over.
Ah yes, the cultures and traditions fueled by peaceful Buddhism. Bataan Death March, Japanese prison camps, Korean brainwashing, and my personal favorite: the Viet Cong. They win the gold medal for brutality.
One thing has annoyed me for decades. Google "WWII photos" and you get some heroic photography. Google "Vietnam War photos" and all you get is pathos. The media then (and still today) was very slanted.
Forty years later, I can walk through photos like this. For a long while, I could not.
Thanks for posting these, Whelen.
When there is a reason to die with a gun in your hand, so be it. I just don't think that there has been a military reason to die since WW II and I could make a case for staying out of WW II.
There are blue helmets marching down our streets? Count on me to stand and die beside you. You want me to fight and possibly die in the Middle East? Sorry, you are asking the wrong man. If you are going to ask me to risk my life there must be a good reason for it. Iran, Afganistan ain't it.
after close to 50 years years i still can,t look at pic,s of that place with out getting upset, its still with me today.i lost one of my best friends in april 1966, my mother sent me a letter telling of his loss,it turned me into a sonofabitch towards the viets i came in contact with. eastbank.
I'm with you there [xx(] Reminded me of '63-4 when I was there [B)]
You look at those pictures and wonder what all that bravery and heroics accomplished. Actually, I don't wonder. I believe nothing positive was accomplished in Viet Nam. I don't think anything of a lasting, notice I said lasting, positive affect will come from our men being in the Middle East today.
When there is a reason to die with a gun in your hand, so be it. I just don't think that there has been a military reason to die since WW II and I could make a case for staying out of WW II.
There are blue helmets marching down our streets? Count on me to stand and die beside you. You want me to fight and possibly die in the Middle East? Sorry, you are asking the wrong man. If you are going to ask me to risk my life there must be a good reason for it. Iran, Afganistan ain't it.
That is eloquent, dreher.
Name me one war since WW2 that has been a real good idea.
Vietnam, Iraq in particular are insane. Both have done much more harm than good.
Lying deceitful politicians send the boys off to die for nothing.
If we ever get in a mess like that again and they are drafting people as opposed to an all volunteer military I will help my now 13 yo son get to Canada before I would lose him in a senseless war. As I said in my previous post, there are reasons to die fighting. Viet Nam was not a reason for our men die.
quote:Originally posted by pwillie
Michlien Plantation 1967....These pics should be posted in Congress,when they decide to send young men into harms way.[:(]
Exactly, five of the pictures, numbers 23, 26, 31, 56, and 57 mention Michelin Rubber Plantation, and number 46 notes a rubber plantation as well. Number 58 shows another problem in that a soldier has black power shown on his helmet, and note the year of 1969, when the military was at the very height of its race problems with all too many of these militant people fraggin and killing their own comrades. And, within two years this hate and discontent which had been inspired by such low life scum as Malcolm "X" and Louis Farrakhan had spilled over into the their Muslim followers which resulted in the killing LEO's and innocent men, women and children in America, not to dwell on the riots in our cities that soon followed.
These pictures ought to tell the real story behind our world problems and those who are behind it...but the vast majority of folks, especially those younger ones will see it as a reason to grow the U.S. military industrial complex, its world police force, and a police state for America. Not a pretty picture at all, but it is what it is.
What the hell has changed during the past 40+ years other than we have a bunch of radical buzzards in congress, many of whom want to create a national holiday for Malcolm "X", and those who will do anything to hasten Armageddon! We need to replace most every government building in Washington with a Chick-Fil-A, a new crew, and start over.
You need to chill out. I didnt get any of that out of these photos.....what I DID get is that war is hell, and needs to be avoided.
God bless you guys that were over there.
quote:Originally posted by kimi
quote:Originally posted by pwillie
Michlien Plantation 1967....These pics should be posted in Congress,when they decide to send young men into harms way.[:(]
Exactly, five of the pictures, numbers 23, 26, 31, 56, and 57 mention Michelin Rubber Plantation, and number 46 notes a rubber plantation as well. Number 58 shows another problem in that a soldier has black power shown on his helmet, and note the year of 1969, when the military was at the very height of its race problems with all too many of these militant people fraggin and killing their own comrades. And, within two years this hate and discontent which had been inspired by such low life scum as Malcolm "X" and Louis Farrakhan had spilled over into the their Muslim followers which resulted in the killing LEO's and innocent men, women and children in America, not to dwell on the riots in our cities that soon followed.
These pictures ought to tell the real story behind our world problems and those who are behind it...but the vast majority of folks, especially those younger ones will see it as a reason to grow the U.S. military industrial complex, its world police force, and a police state for America. Not a pretty picture at all, but it is what it is.
What the hell has changed during the past 40+ years other than we have a bunch of radical buzzards in congress, many of whom want to create a national holiday for Malcolm "X", and those who will do anything to hasten Armageddon! We need to replace most every government building in Washington with a Chick-Fil-A, a new crew, and start over.
You need to chill out. I didnt get any of that out of these photos.....what I DID get is that war is hell, and needs to be avoided.
God bless you guys that were over there.
What I need to do is keep on speaking about the truth of the matter as I see it, straight from the mind and heart. Also, if you were in the NAM I might favorably view your comment about chilling.
Wasn't 1964 to early for the M16?
Picture 9 says it is 1964 but there is a M16A1 in the bottom right of the picture.
Wasn't 1964 to early for the M16?
What you're seeing is a very early, first generation 'duck bill' style M16 flash suppressor.
This was soon replaced by a strenghtened three prong design, then eventually by the birdcage style that was introduced when the M16A1 came out in '67.
So yes, this pic could have very well been taken in '64.