American War
A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
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A special series from The Verge that confronts the legacy and mythmaking of the Vietnam War, 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
Out of the Fog
Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.
Out of the Fog
Wandering Souls
A US military psy-op tried to scare Viet Cong soldiers with tape recordings of Vietnamese ‘ghosts.’ Its strange echoes reverberate 50 years later.
Wandering Souls
The Napalm Girl Standard
How the war’s most horrific photograph is now a litmus test for free speech in the era of social media.
The Napalm Girl Standard
Behind the Scenes
An artist’s parents were extras in Apocalypse Now. But in trying to recenter their experience in her own work, she wondered: whose story was it to tell?
Behind the Scenes
Credits
- EditorsKevin Nguyen & Sarah Jeong
- Creative DirectorKristen Radtke
- DeveloperGraham MacAree
- IllustratorNguyen Tran
- Photo editorAmelia Holowaty Krales
- Copy editorsAryana Azari & Liz Hickson
- Fact-checkTiên Nguyễn
- EngagementEsther Cohen & Tristan Cooper
- Managing editorKara Verlaney
- Editor-in-ChiefNilay Patel
- PublisherHelen Havlak