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Label TextThis documentary image was taken for publication in a newspaper or magazine during the Vietnam-American War (1955-1975). The Vietnam War is often referred to as the first “living room war,” as it was widely covered on television and in printed media. At this time cameras were smaller and developed film could be sent via phone lines or satellite, thus hitting news desks faster than was possible in previous conflicts. In this era, photojournalists had an incredible impact on shaping the public opinion of the wa
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 x 8 1/2 in. (15.6 x 21.6 cm)
Accession Number 2025.314
Classificationsphotograph
ProvenanceJeff Perry; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2025]
Camouflaged Antiaircraft Gun in Cambodia: A camouflaged truck with an antiaircraft gun mounted in the back is shown on the Cambodian side of the Kompong Trabek River across from the South Vietnamese border. Scene is not far from where Cambodia government claimed U.S. and South Vietnamese forces made an attack last Thursday, January 23, 1968
Image Not Available for Camouflaged Antiaircraft Gun in Cambodia: A camouflaged truck with an antiaircraft gun mounted in the back is shown on the Cambodian side of the Kompong Trabek River across from the South Vietnamese border. Scene is not far from where Cambodia government claimed U.S. and South Vietnamese forces made an attack last Thursday, January 23, 1968
Image Not Available for U.S. Guns Change Hands: American troops stand at attention as a contingent of South Vietnamese soldiers marches forward to take command of six 105mm howitzers during a turnover ceremony in Da Nang, South Vietnam, November 12, 1969. The guns had been manned by men of battery, 6th battalion, 108th artillery group
U.S. Guns Change Hands: American troops stand at attention as a contingent of South Vietnamese soldiers marches forward to take command of six 105mm howitzers during a turnover ceremony in Da Nang, South Vietnam, November 12, 1969. The guns had been manned by men of battery, 6th battalion, 108th artillery group
1969
Image Not Available for Money Matters: Two small Vietnamese girls are all smiles as they examine some folding money given to them by their mother as they boarded a South Vietnamese navy refugee ship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the trip to South Vietnam on August 22nd, 1970. The children had been refugees in the Cambodian capital for the past few months
Money Matters: Two small Vietnamese girls are all smiles as they examine some folding money given to them by their mother as they boarded a South Vietnamese navy refugee ship in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for the trip to South Vietnam on August 22nd, 1970. The children had been refugees in the Cambodian capital for the past few months
1970
Image Not Available for Hilltop Hawks: U.S. marines, some stripped to the waist, go about the business of manning their hawk anti-aircraft missiles ready for action atop Hill 327 overlooking the Da Nang Air Base in South Viet Nam. Three missiles are mounted at left, ready for action, with three others on a carriers, right, ready for loading on the launcher shown April 10, 1965
Hilltop Hawks: U.S. marines, some stripped to the waist, go about the business of manning their hawk anti-aircraft missiles ready for action atop Hill 327 overlooking the Da Nang Air Base in South Viet Nam. Three missiles are mounted at left, ready for action, with three others on a carriers, right, ready for loading on the launcher shown April 10, 1965
1965
Image Not Available for North Vietnamese Captives: A U.S. Marine escorts North Vietnamese regular army captives to evacuation helicopter near Quang Ngai, 335 miles northwest of Saigon in Vietnam, March 7th, 1966. During weekend of March 5th through 6th, Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers annihilated a 2,000-man communist regiment, killing almost half of them
North Vietnamese Captives: A U.S. Marine escorts North Vietnamese regular army captives to evacuation helicopter near Quang Ngai, 335 miles northwest of Saigon in Vietnam, March 7th, 1966. During weekend of March 5th through 6th, Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers annihilated a 2,000-man communist regiment, killing almost half of them
1966
Image Not Available for Going Home From School: Schoolchildren who attend an outdoor school at a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam go home from school on a road lined with South Vietnamese government flags. Their former school and the rest of the village’s buildings were destroyed after the villagers fled from fighting during the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive, September 23, 1973
Going Home From School: Schoolchildren who attend an outdoor school at a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam go home from school on a road lined with South Vietnamese government flags. Their former school and the rest of the village’s buildings were destroyed after the villagers fled from fighting during the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive, September 23, 1973
1973
Image Not Available for Going Home, Desk and All: schoolchildren, some carrying desks, walk home from their outdoor school in a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam. Classes were begun outdoors when villagers returning to the region after last year’s North Vietnamese offensive found their village, their school included, in ruins, September 24, 1973
Going Home, Desk and All: schoolchildren, some carrying desks, walk home from their outdoor school in a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam. Classes were begun outdoors when villagers returning to the region after last year’s North Vietnamese offensive found their village, their school included, in ruins, September 24, 1973
1973
Image Not Available for Israeli troops advance into Beirut: Israeli forces moved past the Green Line into the Museum crossing and continued heavy bombardment of West Beirut, yet they opened up a single crossing between the two sectors of the capital to allow thousands of residents to flee out of the West. This line separates the Muslim West and Christian East of Beirut. Lebanon’s internal security forces said at least 250 persons had been killed and nearly 700 wounded in this recent attack. Israeli and Palestinian forces consolidated their positions around the front line near the airport and the Green Line, and at the Museum and the Galerie Samaan crossings. Palestinian refugees arriving in a camp in Sidon, July 1982
Israeli troops advance into Beirut: Israeli forces moved past the Green Line into the Museum crossing and continued heavy bombardment of West Beirut, yet they opened up a single crossing between the two sectors of the capital to allow thousands of residents to flee out of the West. This line separates the Muslim West and Christian East of Beirut. Lebanon’s internal security forces said at least 250 persons had been killed and nearly 700 wounded in this recent attack. Israeli and Palestinian forces consolidated their positions around the front line near the airport and the Green Line, and at the Museum and the Galerie Samaan crossings. Palestinian refugees arriving in a camp in Sidon, July 1982
1982
Image Not Available for Sanpans laden with prisoners released by the South Vietnamese head for North Vietnamese shore, July 12th, 1970. The former prisoners toss items given to them by the South Vietnamese overboard
Sanpans laden with prisoners released by the South Vietnamese head for North Vietnamese shore, July 12th, 1970. The former prisoners toss items given to them by the South Vietnamese overboard
1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A detachment of United States marines dig in on side of hill, relax, during lull in fighting. South Korean forces were reported fighting deep inside the 38th Parallel, October 3, 1950
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: An American machine gun crew are well prepared for the enemy in the southwest sector of the Korean war zone. Left to right: Pfc. Richard Bowker, Cheyenne, South Dakota; Pfc. Carle Batty, Rock Island, Illinois; and Cpt. George E. Murphy, August, Georgia, August 7, 1950
1950
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
South Korea: Cpl. Frank Wilson, Piakskill, New York cleans 155 mm gun on Korean front while Cpl. Alfred Valader, New Bronfield, Texas, has a bite to eat, July 14, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for Delta Farm Girl: young South Vietnamese farm girl pauses for photo deep in the Mekong Delta province of Phong Dinh, South Vietnam, recently. Seasonal harvest will continue through January, but experts say rice crop may be disappointing due to weather conditions, October 28, 1972
Delta Farm Girl: young South Vietnamese farm girl pauses for photo deep in the Mekong Delta province of Phong Dinh, South Vietnam, recently. Seasonal harvest will continue through January, but experts say rice crop may be disappointing due to weather conditions, October 28, 1972
1972