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The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phúc Story, the Photograph and the Vietnam War, by Denise Chong, is a 1999 biographical and historical book tracing the life story of Phúc. Chong's historical coverage emphasizes the life, especially the school and family life, of Phúc from before the attack, through convalescence, and into the present time.
Vietnam: A Television History (1983) is a 13-part documentary mini-series about the Vietnam War (1955–1975) from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by WGBH-TV in Boston, Central Independent Television of the UK and Antenne-2 of France. It was originally broadcast on PBS between October 4 and December ...
The personnel of the American Embassy in Phnom Penh were evacuated in Operation Eagle Pull. [30] Fewer than 300 people were evacuated, including 82 Americans. Several American journalists and other foreigners chose to remain behind. [20]: 121–2 Many prominent Cambodians chose to remain behind and trust to the mercies of the Khmer Rouge.
Image credits: zadraaa Photography has also become an incredibly important tool for social change. Once images started appearing in the news, we weren’t able to turn away from atrocities.
The Vietnam War lasted from 1956 to 1975. In 1967, with the Vietnam War well under way, the Communist Party's Central Committee in North Vietnam passed resolution 153. This resolution passed formal job quotas, requiring women to hold a minimum of 35% of all jobs and 50–70% of job in the educational sector.
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Daughter from Đà Nẵng is a 2002 documentary film about an Amerasian, Heidi Bub, meeting her biological family in Da Nang, decades after being brought to the United States in 1975 during Operation Babylift at the end of the Vietnam War.
In 2008, Joyce Hoffmann published a book titled On Their Own: Women Journalists and the American Experience in Vietnam. [147] In 2015, Jeannine Baker published Australian Women War Reporters: Boer War to Vietnam [148] In 2021, Elizabeth Becker published You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War. [149]