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SOUTH VIETNAM. Near Kontum. 1973. ARVN armed personal carriers during an assault to liberate the November Base surrounded by the North Vietnamese and Vietcong forces. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. In the Delta, near Can Tho. 1972. A South Vietnamese Army troop carrier crosses rice fields where peasants are working. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Kontum. 1972. Early morning mist on a road being cleared of mines. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Quang Tri. 1972. A unit of the ARVN going to the front lines by the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) , crosses another unit coming back from it. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. North of Saigon, on Route 13. 1972. An officer of the South Vietnamese army calls for help to evacuate a soldier wounded in a fight with the Vietcong. Their unit attempts to retake a village occupied briefly by the Vietcong and the NVA (North Vietnamese Army). | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. North of Saigon, on Route 13. 1972. A wounded soldier is attended to after his unit attempted to retake a village occupied briefly by the Vietcong and the NVA (North Vietnamese Army). | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Near My Tho. 1973. The corpse of a Vietcong (North Vietnamese controlled guerilla army) is exhibited on a road controlled by the South Vietnamese Army. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Delta region. A Vietcong (pro-Communist guerrilla), armed with a Kalashnikov, on the move in a sampan boat. He carries all his belongings on his back. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Near My Tho. 1972. A soldier of the South Vietnamese army leans on an American car. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Near Quang Tri. 1972. Monsoon rain on villagers getting off a minibus. | License

VIETNAM (South). Saigon. 1972. The busy market.

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Saigon. 1972. The busy market. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. 1973. In an area controlled by the Vietcong near My Tho, a patrol of Vietcong with Western journalists: Jean-Claude POMONTI from the French daily Le Monde (6th from right) and Tiziano TERZANI from the German Weekly Der Spiegel (7th from right). | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Da Nang. A camp for refugees from the war. The " forget me not " graffiti is probably from an American serviceman. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Tien Giang. Near My Tho. 1973. A bunker inside a peasant hut to be used as shelter in case of incoming artillery fire. The area is controlled by the Vietcongs (communist guerrilla). | License

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VIETNAM.(South). Near My Tho. 1973. A school set up by the Vietcong a village hut, in the liberated zone by the FNL (North Vietnamese National Liberation Front). | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. 1973. In an area controlled by the Vietcong near My Tho, actresses make up before a night performance in a village. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. 1973. In a area controlled by the Vietcong near My Tho, villagers on boat on the way to a political meeting organised by the Vietcong. | License

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VIETNAM. Southern Delta region. 1973. A South Vietnamese Army soldier, taken prisoner by the Vietcong (pro-Communist guerrillas), is exhibited in a village. | License

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NORTH VIETNAM. Tay Binh. 1975. During the war against the US, civilians get military training. Men are taught how to throw hand grenades. | License

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VIETNAM (North). Hanoi. 1975. Children use personal shelters against US bombs as playground. | License

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NORTH VIETNAM. Hanoi. 1975. A capital city, made for the bicycle, at war. Photographed from the steps of the National Opera. | License

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NORTH VIETNAM. Hanoi. 1975. Peace-like atmosphere over the Western Lake in the centre of the capital despite the ongoing war against the US. | License

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SOUTH VIETNAM. Da Nang. 1975. An Armed Vietcong guerilla at rest by the river after the fall of the city to the North Vietnamese forces. He wears the famous Ho Chi Minh sandals, made out of car tires. | License

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        When I started editing my work on Vietnam, two photos became icons of the civil war for me, and helped me understand why the US and its South Vietnamese ally lost the war to North Vietnam and the Vietcong.

        An ARVN, a soldier of the army of South Vietnam, is equipped and armed by the United States with an M16 rifle. He is resting on a US-built car. A Vietcong guerrilla on patrol in a sampan, in the Delta region of South Vietnam, carries all his belongings in his rucksack and has a Russian-built Kalashnikov at his feet. The Vietcong carries a torch, a hand grenade and his pharmacy around his belt. He paddles the sampan himself.

        The US-backed South may have had the technology and the hardware, but their opponents had mobility and self-reliance. They could wage a war with everything they needed on their back.

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