Philip Jones Griffiths The battle for Saigon. Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths The battle for Saigon. Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths The Saigon fire department had the job of collecting the dead from the streets during the Tet offensive. They had just placed this young girl, killed by U.S. helicopter fire, in the back of their (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths The battle for Saigon. Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Ex-Colonel Tran Van Phan was the acting Chief of Police for Sai Gon in 1968 after his boss, the infamous General Loan, was wounded during the Tet Offensive. On the right, Ex-Colonel Phan T (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths U.S. policy in Vietnam was based on the premise that peasants driven into the towns and cities by the carpet-bombing of the countryside would be safe. Furthermore, removed from their traditional v (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. 1968. The troops of the 1st. Cavalry Division during an operation near the Ashau Valley in the northern part of South Viet Nam. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths US Marines inside the citadel in Hue during the Tet offensive. Hue, Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lop, 56, the widow of Nguyen Van Lem (nom-Daguerre, Bay Lop) murdered by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan during the Tet Offensive in Ho Chi Minh City. He was captured whilst atta (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths The levelled village of Ben Tre in the delta after the Tet offensive. South Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. 1988. Captured military equipment is exhibited to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tet Offensive. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. This operation by the 1st Cavalry Division to cut the Ho Chi Minh trail failed like all the others but the U.S. military were shaken to find such sophisticate weapons stockpiled in the val (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths US Marines inside the Citadel rescue the body of a dead Marine during the Tet Offensive. Hue, Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. 1988. Captured military equipment is exhibited to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tet Offensive. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths The battles for Saigon. At Tet and again in Mai, the vietcong struck Saigon. They aimed for the middle-class districts which were duly destroyed by United States firepower. Looting was extensive, (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. 1988. Captured military equipment is exhibited to mark the 20th anniversary of the Tet Offensive. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Detainees released from re-education camps arrive at Ho Chi Minh City railway station to be met by family members. The release occured during the 1988 Tet holiday. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths Scared looking marines crouch at a wall during Tet offensive. The battle for Saigon, Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. Detainees released from re-education camps arrive at Ho Chi Minh city railway station to be met by family members. The release occurred during the 1988 Tet holiday. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Detainees released from re-education camps arrive at Ho Chi Minh City railway station to be met by family members. The release occured during the 1988 Tet holiday. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Detainees released from re-education camps arrive at Ho Chi Minh City railway station to be met by family members. The release occured during the 1988 Tet holiday. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths Civilian casualties. Many took refuge in the university. Hue, Vietnam.1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. During the Vietnamese New Year celebrations of the Tet, the city of Hue an ancient Mandarin walled city which stood on the banks of the perfumed river and near to the demilitarised zone, a (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Ho Chi Minh City. A memorial set up outside the front wall of the old US Embassy to commemorate the commandos who died during the attack at Tet, 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Detainees released from re-education camps arrive at Ho Chi Minh City railway station to be met by family members. The release occured during the 1988 Tet holiday. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths US. Marines. South Marines. Jan/Feb. 1968. During the Vietnamese New Year celebrations of the TET, the city of HUE, an ancient Mandarin walled city which stood on the banks of the perfumed river an (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths The battle for the Cities. U.S. Marines. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths The grounds of Hue university became a graveyard. Hue. Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Hue. Movie poster in the main street damaged during the fighting. 1968 © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths SOUTH VIETNAM. War. 1968. The battle for Sa•gon. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. This boy was killed by U.S. helicopter gunfire while on his way to church - a Catholic church - whose members were avid supporters of the government, who were in turn pro-American. The re (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths Refugees under fire. Confused urban warfare was such that Americans were shooting their staunchest supporters. The battle for Saigon, Vietnam.1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths SOUTH VIETNAM. Civilian victims of US firepower fleeing over the Y Bridge in Saigon, May 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths Called a "little tiger" for killing two "Vietcong women cadre" - his mother and teacher, it was rumored. Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths SOUTH VIETNAM. Saigon. 1968. Refugees in Saigon during the fighting in May 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths SOUTH VIETNAM. Saigon. 1968. Refugees fleeing during military action in Saigon in May 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. American G.I's often showed compassion toward the Vietcong. This sprang from a soldierly admiration for their dedication and bravery; qualities difficult to discern (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968 © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Vietnamese youth being arrested by soldier of the US 9th. Division on the outskirts of Saigon. Innocent peasants take the brunt of the US military Drive. 1968 © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. Pity the poor fighting man in Vietnam. The problem was always too much water or too little. In the early days of the war, water was shipped from California, the indi (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968 © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. The problem with "close" artilery support was that it was often too close. on this occasion shells called in by these troops had landed among them. The officer's des (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. Refugee from US Bombing. 1968 © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. The battle for Saigon. 1968 © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Hue. Refugees flee across a damaged bridge. Marines intended to carry their counterattack from the southern side, right into the citadel of the city. Despite many guards, the Vietcong were (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths US Air Force, South Vietnam. 1966. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
Philip Jones Griffiths VIETNAM. Mr. Ngo Toai, the owner of the Pho Binh soup shop in the upstairs room where he sheltered and fed 100 National Liberation Front fighters from the F100 commando group before they attacked t (...)
Philip Jones Griffiths Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. 1968. © Philip Jones Griffiths | Magnum Photos
