Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Bien Hoa. Much of the scrap war material collected by countless scavengers all over the country ends up at the Vicasa Metal Works at Bien Hoa, where it is made into metal rods that are returned to the district where the scrap came from to be used for new building construction.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Children with an unexploded bomb in the courtyard of their house in a village near Vinh.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Mai Chiem Tiam, 46 years old, from Dong Ha town, lost his hand and had his optic nerves severed when he picked up a pineapple bomb in his paddy field in January 1987. He had farmed the land for ten years without mishap. He found the bomb and threw it to one side. A few days later when he lifted it up a second time it exploded.
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. A Luoi Valley. Dead trees remain in a defoliated hillside. The terrain is covered with scrub preventing new trees from growing. 1987
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. Near the old American base south of Quang Tri, a young girl stands over her patch of saplings. Marked off by old artillery shells, she is responsible for their safety, warding off birds and rats. 1987
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. School children tending to a bed of saplings before transplanting. The country's reforestation program has afforded the opportunity to reaffirm the tradition of living symbiotically with nature that defines the people of Vietnam. 1987
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. A Luoi Valley. Checking the tips of the branches for destructive insects among new plantation in a heavily defoliated area. The treeless denuded hills in the distance are covered with scrub - the "American grass" seen bottom left.1987
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. Villagers help to prepare a denuded hillside for replanting with saplings. 1987
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. NGUYEN Viet-Duc, born at Gia Lai, Kontum, on February 25, 1981. They were conjoined at the pelvis, with one anus, one penis, one urinary tract, one bladder, two kidneys, and three legs. They are one of the many sets of Siamese twins at the Tu Du Hospital. These boys are seven years old and Viet (on right) is brain dead. They were eventually separated by a team of Japanese doctors. 1987
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Deformed babies at the Tu Du Hospital. 1987
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. War scrap being collected at the site of the old Camp Carroll Marine Base just south of the former Demilitarized Zone.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. The mountains of scrap metal are cut up and sorted according to their value.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Young scrap-collector in front of pile of shell casings at the Camp Evans site near Hue.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. The Dong Loc Valley near Vinh is considered to be the start of the trail. It was one of the most heavily bombed area of North Viet Nam during the war. The old shell craters full of water are used for irrigation, fish and duck ponds.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Boys tending a patch of groundnuts planted close to the remains of a bombed-out building near Vinh. American planes bombed every building in the area, no matter how remote.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Children outsid etheir home near Vinh. Two unexploded bombs have been fashioned as gateposts.
Vietnam 1987
VIETNAM. Two children stand beside the grave of a relative in a cemtery near the town of Vinh Phu, west of Ha Noi. The graveyard was surrounded with new trees to prevent soil erosion.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. War scrap metal left lying around on an old battlefield near Quang Tri being collected by a peasant woman.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. On the road between Dong Ha and Hue old artillery shells and their casings are piled up for shipment to the Vicasa Metal Works near Ho Chi Minh City. The war material comes from the site of the old Camp Evans, home of the American 1st Armored Cavalry Division.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Visitors at the War Remnants Museum, where much of the ordnance used in the war is on display.
Vietnam 1987
VIET NAM. Hue. Repairing the damage done to the Imperial Palace. This 86-year-old artisan was working on restoring the head of a rooftop dragon.