Vietnam Inc (28 photos) Bashny.Net

From the book «Vietnam Inc.» by Phillip Jones Griffiths.

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For the captured Vietcong ... there is no equivication. They are firmly set in the honorable tradition of sacrificing one's life for one's country.

For a captured Vietcong there is no request for mercy. They firmly follow the noble tradition of sacrificing life for the country.



THE BATTLES FOR SAIGON. At Tet and again in May, the Vietcong struck Saigon. They aimed at the middle-class districts that were duly destroyed by United States firepower.

The battle for Saigon. In vremyaprazdnika Tet and again in May, the Vietcong struck Saigon. They focus on the areas of residence of the middle class, who were duly destroyed by firepower the United States.



THE PROBLEM with «close» air and artillery support is that it can often be too close.

Problems with air cover and artillery support is that it can often be too close.



US COMBAT TROOPS ARRIVE, outnumbering the enemy 3 to 1 and possessing the most sophisticated military hardware; the job seemed easy. Earlier, spirits were high among the troops, intoxicated as much by the spectacle of their own strength as by the cold beer delivered to them daily.

US combat troops arrive, outnumbering the enemy 3 to 1 and having the most modern weapons; their work seems easy. At the beginning of the fighting spirit was high among men, intoxicated spectacle of their own strength, and cold beer delivered to them every day.



RICE is the staple diet. But it is more than food to the Vietnamese - it is their purpose for existing. A symbiosis exists between the society's religious beliefs (its moral values) and its task of growing rice. To a Vietnamese, each meal has some of the significance that eating Communion bread has for a Catholic.

Rice - the main food. But it's more than just food for the Vietnamese - this is the meaning of their existence. A cross between the religious beliefs of the Company (the moral values) and the need to grow rice. For the Vietnamese rice has the same value as for a Catholic prosvirki.



LIMITS OF FRIENDSHIP. A Marine introduces a peasant girl to king-sized filter-tips. Of all the US forces in Vietnam, it was the Marines that approached «Civic Action» with gusto.

CREDIT. Marine shows a peasant girl with a cigarette filter. From all parts of the US forces in Vietnam, Marine Corps showed in dealing with the civilian population most innitsiativu.





WATER was the great concern. Some GI's refill their canteens during a monsoon downpour ...

The water was a big problem. These GIs refill their canteens during the monsoon showers ...



Ten-year-old ARVN, a «little tiger '» feted for killing two «Vietcong women cadre» the day before (his teacher and mother, it was rumored).

Ten soldiers in South Vietnam, famous for having killed two "representatives of female staff VC" (rumored to be his teacher and mother).



Personal hygiene - particularly that of the Vietnamese - was always a matter of great concern to Americans.

Personal hygiene - particularly Vietnamese - has always been a concern of Americans.





WOUNDED VIETCONG ... GI's often show a compassion for the enemy that springs from admiration of their dedication and bravery. This VC had a three-day-old stomach wound. He'd picked up his intestines and put them in an enamel cooking bowl (borrowed froma surprised farmer's wife) and strapped it around his middle. As he was being carried to the headquarters company for interrogation, he indicated he was thirsty. «OK, him VC, him drink dirty water,» said the Vietnamese interpreter, pointing to the brown paddy-field. With real anger a GI told him to keep quiet, then mumbled, «Any soldier who can fight for three days with his insides out can drink from my canteen any time!»

WOUNDED VETKONGOVETS ... GIs often show compassion for the enemy, which arises out of admiration for his courage and confidence. This vetkongovets three days as the wounded in the stomach. His intestines were gathered in an enamel pot, borrowed from the farmer's wife stunned and made bandage around the body. When he was carried to headquarters for questioning, he asked for a drink. "If he vetkongovets, let him drink dirty water," said a Vietnamese interpreter, pointing to the water-drenched brown rice plantation. With genuine anger GIs ordered him to shut up, then he muttered: "Any soldier who can fight for three days with a wound can drink from my jar at any time!»



GI's recover after narrowly escaping death at the hands of their colleagues who gave them somewhat inaccurate covering fire as they retreated along a ditch from a Vietcong sniper.

GI restore power after a real possibility killed by American bullets, covering the fire was not accurate when the GIs were retreating, hiding in a trench on the Viet Cong sniper.



BEACHHEAD ASSAULTS took place more often for drunken parties than for attacking the enemy. As the was became more automated, soldiers who remained had more leisure time. By late 1970 the beaches were ablaze with the fires of barbecue grills.

Landing on the beachhead more likely to commit to drunken parties than to attack the enemy. As the war has become more automated process, the soldiers had more leisure. By the end of 1970 the coast lights glowed with preparing barbecue grills.





VIETNAMESE GIRLS, despite their great beauty, make very bad prostitutes, as they know nothing of seduction and hate their clients. Possibly the most unliberated women outside Islam, they are thrust into prostitution from as early an age as twelve and alway hate it.

VIETNAMESE GIRLS, despite their great beauty, very bad prostitutes, because they do not know anything about the methods of seduction and hate their customers. Perhaps they are the most internally clamped women outside the Islamic world, they are thrust into prostitution with twelve years and they always hate this occupation.





THE AUTOMATED WAR ... The shape of things to come was predicted by General Westmoreland in 1969: & quot; ... enemy forces will be located, tracked and targeted almost instaneously through the use of data links, computer-assisted intelligence evaluation, and automatic fire control. With first round kill probabilities approaching certainty, and with surveillance devices that can continually track the enemy, the need for large forces to fix the opposition physically will be less important. & Quot;

AUTOMATED WAR ... The strategic concept of the war was predicted by General Westmoreland in 1969 .: "enemy forces ... will be evaluated and monitored through the channels of communication, computer data processing and automatically directed fire. After the first tests will be eliminated error surveillance devices that can continuously track the enemy and the need for large forces to establish superiority in force, will be less important. »



General Westmoreland.



BOMB-LADEN PLANES are catapulted off the deck. Intended for emergency use in far-off conflicts, carriers are wasteful of men and machines. The accident rate is high. This one carried two different size planes: the smaller ofetn fell in the sea on take off and the larger crashed on landing.

DOWNLOADED BOMB plane takes off from the deck. Designed for the organization of emergency missions over long distances, avinostsy are wastes resources of people and equipment. The number of accidents is great. As an example, this aircraft carrier, two different types of aircraft: those that are lighter, often fell into the sea on take-off, and those that are harder - crashed during landing.



CAPTURED SUSPECTS. Anyone who was male and between 15 and 50 was automatically assumed to be Vietcong and treated as such. After the traumatic experience of being arrested tnd then 'interrogated,' any person released would quickly want to join the Vietcong.

Detained suspects. Anyone who was a man aged 15 to 50 years old are automatically suspected of involvement in the Viet Cong and doproshivalsya. After the traumatic experience of arrest and interrogation of each released immediately tempted to join the Viet Cong.



MOTHER AND CHILD, shortly before being killed. A unit of the Americal Division operating in Quang Ngai Province six months before My Lai.

MOTHER AND CHILD, shortly before being killed. Near soldiers Americal Division operating in Quang Ngai Province six months before the events in the My Lai.





If there was a Vietcong sniper around he missed many easy targets, for after the artillery stopped, the GI's stood in exposed groups, utterly dejected, telling each other what awful torture they had planned for the artillery officers back at their camp.

If nearby was a Viet Cong sniper, he would get a lot of light purposes because after the artillery ceased fire, GIs were vulnerable groups, is very dejectedly telling each other about the terrible torture they plan for the artillery commander on his return to base .



WOUNDED CHILDREN, who, like most civilian victims, had been hit by indiscriminately used US firewpower. The boy below was on his way to church in a 'safe' area when helicopters, firing into some VC positions only 300 yards away, overshot a rocket and wounded him. He died later in the hospital.

Wounded children, who, like most of the civilian casualties, was struck indiscriminately used by American firepower. Lying boy was on his way to the church in a safe area when helicopters strafing the Viet Cong positions at a distance of 300 yards, the missile missed and wounded him. He died later in the hospital.



AFTER THE FIGHTING WAS OVER, the people were allowed to return to their former homes - or rather what was left of them. The government paid each owner twenty dollars compensation, that is if the owner was still alive.

AFTER the fight was over, people were allowed to return to their former homes - or rather what's left of them. The government paid compensation to the owner for each of twenty dollars, unless, of course, the owners were still alive.



DISCARDED EQUIPMENT collects in huge stockpiles as the ground war draws to a close. Helmets discarded as too large for Vietnamese.

BALANCES unnecessary uniforms collected in huge piles, as ground fighting draws to a close. Helmets discarded as too large in size for the Vietnamese.



THE WOUNDED. Perhaps nothing more clearly reveals the extent of American indifference towad the suffering of the Vietnamese people than the enormous disparity between the money and effort expended to kill the Vietcong and that used to treat and care for civilians wounded - in theory accidentally - by US forces while being protected from the VC.

Wounded. Perhaps nothing shows the brighter the extent of American indifference to the suffering of the Vietnamese than the huge disparity between the money and the forces expended to destroy the Vietcong, and the attitude towards the victims - of course, by accident - civilians protected by the US military troops on the Viet Cong.
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