Journalistic Photography During The Vietnam War

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This article by Claude Cookman describes the importance of the journalistic photography taken during the Vietnam war. Cookman concludes that without the photographs of the war the American army may never have been held accountable for it’s crimes. Without photographic evidence of their atrocities the American public may never have truly believed that American soldiers could have been capable of these war crimes. Cookman claims that the photographs should force us to realize the full gravity of war. Cookman writes that it is not unpatriotic to question America and the morality of its actions but that it makes us responsible citizens.

Cookman describes in disturbing (to say the least) detail actions American soldiers performed during the My