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World Press Photo Suspends Credit For 'Napalm Girl' Picture

World Press Photo suspended on Friday the credit for who took one of the most iconic pictures in history, the Vietnam War image "Napalm Girl", after doubts were raised over the photograph's authorship.

International Business Times

AP To Continue Crediting 'Napalm Girl' Photo To Nick Ut After Probe

The Associated Press news agency will continue to credit one of its most distinctive photos, "Napalm Girl" taken during the Vietnam War, to photographer Nick Ut despite questions about who took it, the wire said Tuesday.

International Business Times

Trump is freezing funds to clear thousands of unexploded mines in Vietnam 50 years after war ended

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam war, the long-term consequences of that conflict continue to affect many Vietnamese people’s daily lives. There are still thousands of unexploded mines and bombs strewn across the region in forests, rice fields and around villages.

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A brutal, honest view of the Vietnam War

Brian Knappenberger's latest forgoes tragic sentimentality to present the war as it was: a senseless aggression

Salon

‘Still an open wound’: damning docuseries revisits Vietnam war 50 years on

Netflix series Turning Point: The Vietnam War goes back to retrace a devastating history from multiple perspectives

The Guardian - US

From Saigon to the Paris suburbs: French-Vietnamese reflect on the legacy of war

Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam War continues to shape lives far beyond Southeast Asia. In Bussy-Saint-Georges near Paris, three generations of Vietnamese immigrants reflect on the conflict that forced their families into exile.

Radio France Internationale

Vietnam celebrates 50th anniversary of end of war: ‘Now it’s time for peace’

About 13,000 people, including troops, militias, veterans, and local citizens take part in parade

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The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today, yet films about the conflict still struggle to capture its complexities

The Vietnam War (1955–1975) was more than just a chapter in the Cold War.

The Conversation

For some Americans, the Vietnam War is still felt today

Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, Jeanie Jacobs Huffman has not lost hope of bringing her father home

The Independent UK

50 years after the Vietnam War's end, the devastating legacy of Agent Orange remains

April 30 will mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but the battle with Agent Orange, a chemical used by US forces during the conflict, continues.

Euronews

50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine

When the Vietnam War finally ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive…

The Conversation

50 years after the war ended, Vietnam is still grappling with the legacy of Agent Orange

The chemical ghost of the herbicide used by US forces still haunts generations

The Independent UK

The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

The Vietnam War produced some of the most classic films of the late 1970s and 1980s

The Independent UK

Fifty years since the sky fell: how the Vietnam war changed Australia

On the anniversary of Liberation Day, members of Australia’s Vietnamese community look back at the sacrifices made in pursuit of ‘a good life’

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In 1975, thousands of babies were daringly airlifted from the Vietnam war

Some of those involved in ‘Operation Babylift’ recall the events – and what happened to the children after.

The Independent UK

The end of the Vietnam War was also a turning point for protest songs

The departure in 1975 of the last Americans from Vietnam didn't only end a tragic chapter in the history of the two countries

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: The changing faces of Vietnam War landmarks

During the Vietnam War, Da Nang was a major base for both the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces. The first American combat troops landed there in 1965, and it became a hub for operations and supply. Today its beautiful beaches, including the one dubbed “China Beach” by the Americans and…

The Independent UK

10 essential Vietnam War movies that left a lasting impact

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across not just one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, but has led filmmakers for the past half century to reckon with its complicated legacy

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11 notable songs about the Vietnam War

War has long inspired artists and musicians

The Independent UK

From M*A*S*H to The Sympathizer: 12 TV shows shaped by the Vietnam War

If you wanted to find the Vietnam War in American television shows, you mostly had to wait until it was long over

The Independent UK

10 fiction and nonfiction books to understand the Vietnam War

The Vietnam War inspired enduring literature, from both sides of the world

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s tariff battle with China has ‘echoes of the Vietnam war’, US economist says

Adam Posen, former Bank of England policymaker, compared the tactics to Johnson and Nixon refusing to back down

Digital Camera World

Controversial documentary challenges the authorship of one of the most famous historical photographs ever taken

The 'Napalm Girl' photographed changed the world's view of the Vietnam War, but this film claims that it's been attributed to the wrong man for 50 years

The Independent UK

He is credited with one of history's most indelible photos. A new documentary questions who took it

It's one of the most enduring images of the Vietnam War — an Associated Press photograph of a young girl running naked down a street after being caught in a napalm attack

The Independent UK

How a Navy sailor fell off his ship, played dumb — and became a Vietnam POW hero

South Dakota native Doug Hegdahl was serving with the Navy during the Vietnam War when he fell into the waters of the South China Sea – soon becoming the youngest, lowest-ranking POW at the infamous Hanoi Hilton. As a new book details how Hegdahl played dumb to his captors –…

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