https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17 Type your name at the top. Find one photograph from the Vietnam War you think is worth sharing with our class. Try to learn what the photograph is about and add a one sentence caption. en-us 2017-10-06 22:37:29 UTC 2025-02-21 01:17:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/195426007 Viet Cong suspect questioned at gun point by South Vietnamese police officer Nov 1967. Rifle is held by American soldier during an operation searching villages under suspected Viet Cong control. ]]> 2017-10-10 02:15:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/195426007 beatka3 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/195729919 To protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burned himself to death on a street in Saigon. ]]> 2017-10-10 17:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/195729919 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/196657046 On May 4, 1970, student protesters gathered at Kent State University faced open fire from the Ohio National Guard resulting in the death of four students. ]]> 2017-10-12 23:15:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/196657046 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197001958 This is just one of the many American protests against the Vietnam War. This photo was taken during a protest in Washington D.C. ]]> 2017-10-14 07:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197001958 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197150331 Nine year old Kim Phuc runs for her life after after a napalm bomb hits her village on June 8, 1972. The burns disfigured her for life]]> 2017-10-15 19:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197150331 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197632616 In March 1968, the American Army committed a disgusting massacre in South Vietnam killing anywhere from 300 to a little over 500 unarmed civilians, killing mostly women and children. Later, only one man was found guilty out of all these murders and serves less than four years under house arrest. ]]> 2017-10-17 03:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197632616 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197904598 Civilians huddling after an attack by South Vietnamese forces in Dong Xoai in 1965. ]]> 2017-10-17 16:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197904598 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197936824 Battle for Saigon 1968. People were moved out of their homes to then be more "safe." However that was not the case when people were then in danger.

]]> 2017-10-17 17:44:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197936824 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197952613 This photo is of a helicopter raising an American paratrooper that was killed in action in the jungle. The photographer that took this photo was Henri Huet. He was a french war photographer and was killed with four other photographers when their helicopter was shot down in 1971. :( ]]> 2017-10-17 18:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197952613 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197957586 Prisoner of war Airforce Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm returns home and is greeted by his family in 1973. Sal Veder was the photographer of this photograph and when he described the emotion behind it he said, "You could feel the energy and the raw emotion in the air." The joy in this picture was captured incredibly. ]]> 2017-10-17 18:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/197957586 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198008088

]]> 2017-10-17 20:00:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198008088 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198008387 Women and children take cover from Viet Cong fighting in a canal. How many others like these defenseless women and children perished in the attacks?]]> 2017-10-17 20:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198008387 amsmit31 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198026544 2017-10-17 20:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198026544 amsmit31 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198028129 2017-10-17 21:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/198028129 https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/200210600 South Vietnamese government troops from the 2nd Battalion of the 36th Infantry catch some sleep in a U.S. Navy troop carrier on the return trip to the Privincial capital of Ca Mau in Aug. 1962.]]> 2017-10-24 21:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/s_wolk/MostDangerous304Fall17/wish/200210600