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Landscape view of vegetation and mountains in former Demilitarized Zone

About this photograph

Creator
Margery H. Freeman
Date created
May 1997
Location
Demilitarized Zone, Vietnam
License
This photograph copyright ©1997. Terms of use

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  • French colonization and Vietnam wars: Photographs and text tell the story of Vietnam under French colonial rule, its experience during twentieth-century wars with France and the United States, and its recent liberalization. (Page 11)

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Landscape view of vegetation and mountains in former Demilitarized Zone shows small trees and grassland.

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A landscape view of vegetation and mountains in central Vietnam’s former Demilitarized Zone shows small trees and grassland in the foreground, and layers of mountain silhouettes, blue sky, and clouds in the background.

During the Vietnam War, much of the region’s dense forest and human settlements were destroyed by U.S. bombings and a defoliant spraying campaign intended to deprive North Vietnamese soldiers of any place to hide.