This is because many accounts of war crimes against communist prisoners ... if they’re dead, they’re Viet Cong.» One concept in particular, military necessity, was repeatedly cited in this ...

a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion. On a campus in Wisconsin, a student protest against the war spiraled out of control. April, 1975. During the chaotic final days of the ...

Source: Vanity Fair Children also witnessed horrific violence in Vietnam. In this photo, children on their way home from school pass the bodies of dead Viet Cong soldiers. In another photo by Faas ...

Vietnam is a classic proxy war, with the Viet Cong substituting for the Soviet bloc, and the U.S. providing aid and air support (bombing) to a puppet regime. Vietnam's internal conflict begins in ...

On March 16, 1968, Calley led soldiers from Charlie Company on a mission expected to engage Viet Cong forces ... records reveal 300 other potential war crimes cases. My Lai stood out due to ...