He won the award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press. He went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades.
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Tess Johnston, Diplomat Who Helped Preserve ‘Old Shanghai,’ Dies at 93
She worked in American consulates around the world but found a home in China’s “Paris of the East,” where she documented a vanishing colonial architecture.
Tran Trong Duyet, John McCain’s Captor at the ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ Dies at 92
He endorsed Mr. McCain’s presidential bid in 2008 after insisting, despite accounts to the contrary, that no Americans were tortured under his watch in the Vietnam War.
Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?
New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades — if the U.S. helps.
Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?
New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades — if the U.S. helps.
America’s Vietnam War Opponents Who Fled to Canada Reflect on the Past and Future
Some of the United States’ Vietnam War opponents found refuge in Canada. Fifty years after the end of the war, they’re still worried about the future.
50 Years After the U.S. Left Vietnam, Another Retreat Is Shaking Asia
Even among former enemies, the new American withdrawal from aid and democratic ideals is stirring deep feelings and confusion.
U.S. Eases Ban for Diplomats at Vietnam War Anniversary
The administration had said that no senior U.S. envoys could attend the events marking 50 years after the war’s end. On Tuesday, the U.S. consul general was seen at a reception for the anniversary.
The Americans Fled Vietnam 50 Years Ago. I Visited the Buildings They Left Behind.
These structures, now surrounded by a modern metropolis, tell the story of the nation that has evolved in the decades since the war’s end.
How Photography From the Vietnam War Changed America
The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.