The People of Vietnam
| The Kid |
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| I encountered this young Montagnard lad at Dong Xoai. He spoke no English and I spoke no Vietnamese, so we settled for me offering him a cigarette in return for his allowing me to take his picture. This image says a lot about the nature of the war, or perhaps any war. This boy is probably only 9 or 10 years old, but that is a very real M-16 rifle he is toting. I often wonder, when I look at this picture, whether he survived to adulthood. |
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