Some Photos from the 1990s

It all started in 1967, with six Vietnam veterans marching together in a peace demonstration. Now, fifty-nine years later, VVAW is still going strong-- continuing its fight for peace, justice, and the rights of all veterans.

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Excerpt From  THE VETERAN:  Now Online

Taken from Alive and Well by Jane Barton:

Imagine. Your photo was taken many years ago when you, Hien, were a political prisoner in a special unit in the Quang Ngai hospital during the war in South Vietnam. After the war, you were freed. 50 years later, you are stunned when a journalist, Huong Bui, comes to your village with some black and white photos and asks you if you can identify anyone in these photos. She tells you, "There is not a single name written on the back of these photos." Your eyes fill with tears when your own face stares back at you from one of the pictures. The next day, you contact a former prisoner you know from a nearby hamlet. Word spreads about the photos, and two more former prisoners come to your house and identify themselves in the photos. A few weeks later, another prisoner drops in to visit. He doesn't find a picture of his face, but he shouts with astonishment, "Those are my feet handcuffed to the bed.... Read More