VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. The Saigon fire department had the job of collecting the dead from the streets during the Tet offensive. They had just placed this young girl, killed by U.S. helicopter fire, in the back of their truck, where her distraught brother found her. When The New York Times published this photograph, it implied there was no proof that she was killed by American firepower. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The Saigon fire department had the job of collecting the dead from the streets during the Tet offensive. They had just placed this young girl, killed by U.S. helicopter fire, in the back of their truck, where her distraught brother found her. When The New York Times published this photograph, it implied there was no proof that she was killed by American firepower. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. The problem with "close" artilery support was that it was often too close. on this occasion shells called in by these troops had landed among them. The officer's desperate message to halt the bombardment were not recieved; he had taken up refuge inside an armoured personnel carrier where his frenzied transmissions could not penetrate the metal hull. 1968

VIETNAM. Confused urban warfare was such that Americans were shooting their staunchest supporters. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

SOUTH VIETNAM. Saigon, 1968. US soldiers in truck.

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. Scared looking marines crouch at a wall during Tet offensive. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. Refugee from US Bombing. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

The battles for Saigon. At Tet and again in Mai, the vietcong struck Saigon. They aimed for the middle-class districts which were duly destroyed by United States firepower. Looting was extensive, so people fled with everything they could carry.

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. U.S. policy in Vietnam was based on the premise that peasants driven into the towns and cities by the carpet-bombing of the countryside would be safe. Furthermore, removed from their traditional value system they could be prepared for imposition of consumerism. This "restructuring" of society suffered a setback when, in 1968, death rained down on the urban enclaves. 1968

Civilian victims of US firepower fleeing over the Y Bridge in Sai Gon, May 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. Called a "little tiger" for killing two "Vietcong women cadre" - his mother and teacher, it was rumored. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. Refugees under fire. Confused urban warfare was such that Americans were shooting their staunchest supporters. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. 1968. Innocent peasants take the brunt of the U.S. military drive.

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. ARVN soldier enters battle armed with toothbrush and playmate. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. American G.I's often showed compassion toward the Vietcong. This sprang from a soldierly admiration for their dedication and bravery; qualities difficult to discern in the average government soldier. This VC had fought for three days with his intestines in a cooking bowl strapped onto his stomach. 1968

VIETNAM. This boy was killed by U.S. helicopter gunfire while on his way to church - a Catholic church - whose members were avid supporters of the government, who were in turn pro-American. The result was a disillusioned urban population, reluctant to believe in or support their discredited leaders. 1968

SOUTH VIETNAM. War. 1968. The battle for Saïgon.

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968

VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. Pity the poor fighting man in Vietnam. The problem was always too much water or too little. In the early days of the war, water was shipped from California, the indigenous sort considered unsafe. Later it was made "palatable" with huge quantities of chlorine. Wiser men know to fill up with the natural variety. 1968