22 Powerful Photos of Life During the Vietnam War

Step back in time with these 22 impactful photos, offering a raw and emotional look at the Vietnam War, its soldiers, and the civilians whose lives were forever altered.

Submerged except for his rifle as he crosses a muddy stream in the Mekong delta south of Saigon on 10 September 1968.

In Vietnam, 1970s.

On the ground in Vietnam.

A man burns his draft card, March 1970.

Young soldiers decompress.

Offering a flower, 1967.

Soldiers at base.

Washington, D.C., 1967.

Taking down barbed wire. 1969.

The crowd in 1969.

Cops in San Francisco.

Vietnam War, late 1960s.

Wichita, Kansas, 1967.

Soldiers and a Jeep.

The National Guard at Kent State. 1970.

Holding up a jungle centipede during the Vietnam War. 1967.

Protesting the war.

Sitting in on a call with American draft resisters, 1967.

Young soldiers take a break.

Smiling for the camera. Saigon, 1938.

A poster in 1969.

Demonstrating in favour of the Vietnam War, New York, 1970.

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