Vietnam Exposed

            The name of this photograph is 0604.jpg. In this photograph a Northern Vietnamese army soldier wounded badly and he is being treated. The soldiers are not close to a hospital or a place where the soldier can get professional medical treated. So another soldier has to treat him to the best of his abilities.

This demonstrates that life during the Vietnam War was rough. People had to suffer because they could not get medical treatment especially soldiers that got wounded and were nowhere near a place were they could have been treated and have had a greater possibility of survival. Sam tries to help Carl by treating his wounded leg.

Carl had many ambitions in life he wanted to become a doctor before he got drafted into the Vietnam War. He wanted to become a doctor because he saw many of his family members suffer and die from many diseases and he couldn't do anything to help them. He was the most determined to become a doctor when he saw his little sister suffering from malnutrition and a defenseless immune system and doctors were scarce. But all his dreams came crashing down when he was drafted into the war and had to leave his family and put aside all his hopes and dreams for if he would survive the war. Unfortunately he did not have the opportunity to go back to his family and become a doctor because he was killed in action (KIA).  

I choose this photograph because the young man that is laying down suffering from a wound looks like he is in a lot of pain fighting for his life because he want to see his family. He looks very young and like if his life is drifting away very slowly and he could see all his dreams flash by him. It seems like if he is determined to fight for his life but at the same time he is in pain and just wants to give up.