Truong Son Martyrs Cemetery. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Ho Chi Minh City Martyrs Cemetery. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Mourning soldier, statue, Ho Chi Minh City. Photo by Gregory Farris
Defaced tombstone, National Cemetery of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Maya Lin. Washington, DC. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Three Soldiers, Frederick Hart. Washington, DC. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Vietnam Women’s Memorial, Glenna Goodacre. Washington, DC. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Photographs of faces, S-21, Phnom Penh. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
“No laughing” sign. S-21, Phnom Penh. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Defaced photograph of Duch. S-21, Phnom Penh. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Missing Picture, film still, dir. Rithy Panh. © CDP/Bophana Center
Pens and necklaces supposedly made from American bullets. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Rusted tank, Doc Mieu firebase, near the demilitarized zone. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Helicopter diorama, War Memorial of Korea, Seoul. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
R-Point, film still, dir. Gong Su-chang. 2004 CJ Entertainment / Cinema Service
Sunny, film still, dir. Joon-ik Lee. 2008 Tiger Pictures / Achim Pictures
Ha My Memorial, near Hoi An. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Dien Bien Phu Martyrs Cemetery Memorial. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Mosaic, Cu Chi tunnels. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Russian jet, B-52 Victory Museum, Hanoi. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Thich Quang Duc’s car. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Dien Bien Phu of the Air, Military History Museum, Hanoi. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Nancy Rubins, Chas’ Stainless Steel, Mark Thomson’s Airplane Parts, about 1,000 lbs. of Stainless Steel Wire & Gagosian’s Beverly Hills Space at MOCA, 2002. Airplane parts, stainless steel armature, stainless steel wire cable, 25 x 54 x 33 feet. Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased in honor of Beatrice Gersh with funds provided by the Acquisition and Collection Committee; the Broad Art Foundation; Linda and Bob Gersh; David, Susan, Steven, and Laura Gersh; and Eugenio López. © Nancy Rubins. Photo by Brian Forrest
Frieze, Dien Bien Phu Martyrs Cemetery, 2009. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Diorama, Con Son Island Prison Complex, Con Dao Islands. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
In Every Neighborhood, Dang Duc Sinh. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Commemoration, Nguyen Phu Cuong. Photo by Sam Sweezy
Zippo lighters, Ho Chi Minh City Museum. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Vinh Moc tunnels, 2009. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Dinh’s only surviving photo. Courtesy Viet Nam News Agency (VNA) Photo Department. F.8420
Tham Phiu Cave, Plain of Jars, Laos. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Graphic novel excerpt from Vietnamerica: A Family’s Journey by G. B. Tran, copyright © 2011 by Gia-Bao Tran. Used by permission of Villard Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.
Homeless man, Philadelphia. Photo by Linh Dinh
“Cleaning the Drapes,” from the series House Beautiful: Bringing the War Home, c. 1967–1972. Martha Rosler
Photo, in American Sports, 1970: Or How We Spent the War in Vietnam (Aperture Press, 2008), Tod Papageorge. Yale University Art Gallery.
“The White Man’s Burden (Apologies to Kipling),” Victor Gillam. The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.
Choeung Ek stupa skulls. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen
29 Palms: Night Operations III, 2003–2004. © An-My Lê, courtesy Murray Guy, New York
Small Wars (sniper I), 1999–2002. © An-My Lê, courtesy Murray Guy, New York.
“Untitled Cambodia #4,” Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness, Dinh Q. Lê
Story cloth, Chue and Nhia Thao Cha. All rights reserved. Bailey Archive, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Pol Pot tomb, near Anlong Veng, Cambodia. Photo by Viet Thanh Nguyen