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Ross Perot's Forgotten Mission During the Vietnam War

By Richard Farley

Peace With Honor: What Vietnam Can Teach Us About How to Leave Afghanistan

By Thurston Clarke

What 'This Is Us' Gets Right and Wrong About the Vietnam War, According to an Expert

By Rachel E. Greenspan

50 Years After 1968, We Are Still Living In Its Shadow

By Jon Meacham
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Why the Vietnam War Produced Such Iconic Music

The relationship between music and war was not an invention of the 1960s. So what made Vietnam's music special?

By Lily Rothman

'The Vietnam War' and the Story Behind the Pictures of Hanoi's Communist Takeover

LIFE photographer Howard Sochurek witnessed the moment when Hanoi was given over to communist control

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

The Tale of Tròn and Vietnam War Photographer Larry Burrows

Burrows' 1968 photo essay on 12-year-old amputee Tròn featured some defining images of the Vietnam war

By Gary Jones/ Suối Đá

50 Years Ago This Week: War and Democracy in Vietnam

Also in this issue: swinging singles and freelance journalists

By Lily Rothman

These Lost Photos of Andy Warhol Show an Unseen Side

Larry Fink juxtaposes images of Andy Warhol with other photos of working class life in the 1960s

By Kenneth Bachor

U.S. Lifts Vietnam Arms Embargo

The ban has been in place for over four decades

By Rishi Iyengar

Meet Cambodia's Underwater Bomb Squad

Newly trained divers plunge into squalid waters to uncover the remains of a dark past

By Rachel Lowry

Celebrated Photographer David Douglas Duncan Turns 100

Happy birthday David Douglas Duncan

By Liz Ronk and Olivier Laurent

More Than 200,000 Vietnam Vets Still Have PTSD

New research reveals considerable PTSD in some vets, even decades after war

By Mandy Oaklander

See 21 Iconic Photos of the Vietnam War

The war ended 40 years ago, on April 30, 1975

By TIME Photo

39 Photos That Captured the Human Side of the Vietnam War

On the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, a look back at a groundbreaking photo essay that revealed the realities of the conflict

By Eliza Berman

A Photographer's Personal Look at Vietnam 40 Years After the War

For the new generation of Vietnamese, the war is a distant memory.

By Alice Gabriner and Ye Ming

See Three Amazing Pairings Showing Vietnam Then and Now

On the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, on April 30, 1975, TIME looks back at three scenes from the 1960s and how they look today

By TIME Photo

The Last 48 Hours of the Vietnam War in Photos

As thousands fled Saigon and others steeled themselves for takeover, photographers captured a city bracing for the end of war

By Eliza Berman

Celebrating 80 Years of Associated Press' Wirephoto

Exactly 80 years ago today, on Jan. 1, 1935, the Associated Press sent its very first photograph over the organization’s brand new Wirephoto service: an aerial photo of a plane crash in upstate New York....

By Mia Tramz

Behind the Picture: Larry Burrows' 'Reaching Out,' Vietnam, 1966

Revisiting one of the most dramatic and harrowing photographs made during the long, divisive war in Vietnam

By Ben Cosgrove
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