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Brianna Jones Cultural Media Project



“War is Hell” by Horst Faas.

• Horst Faas is a photojournalist, in which he became a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He is known best for his images of the Vietnam War (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia). He lives in London, UK, but was born in Germany (emtk design consultancy).

• This picture represents that social culture at this time by showing how young this man is and how his life may not be able to be lived to the fullest at the risk of being a soldier. The political culture in this is showing how the government was putting the citizens of the United States’ lives at risk by taking young men out of his normal life, breaking him of any normality he may have felt before.

• This picture informs you about what life was like in the 60’s and early 70’s by showing this young man being torn from his normal life to become a soldier to fight for his country’s rights. He wrote “War is Hell” on his helmet most likely because of William Tecumseh Sherman’s speech to a crowd of more than 10,000 at Columbus, Ohio where he said, “There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell” (William Tecumseh Sherman, Wikipedia).

Nick S. http://history1900s.about.com/library/photos/blyviet76.htm (Picture courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.) Napalm bombs explode on Viet Cong structures south of Saigon in the Republic of Vietnam. (1965) > > "Napalm is the most terrible pain you can imagine," said Kim Phúc, a napalm bombing survivor known from a famous Vietnam War photograph. "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Napalm generates temperatures of 800 to 1,200 degrees Celsius."[9] > Phúc sustained third-degree burns to half her body and was not expected to live after the attack by South Vietnamese aircraft. But thanks to assistance from South Vietnamese photographer Nick Ut and American doctors, and after surviving a 14-month hospital stay and 17 operations, she became an outspoken peace activist. During the Vietnam War, homemade napalm was used by peace activists to destroy draft records (see Catonsville Nine).
 * Pilots returning from the war zone often said they would rather have a couple of droppable gasoline tanks full of napalm than any other weapon, bombs, rockets or guns.
 * The U.S. Air Force and Navy used napalm with great effect against all manner of targets to include troops, tanks, buildings and even railroad tunnels.
 * The demoralizing effect napalm had on the enemy became apparent when scores of North Korean troops began to surrender to aircraft flying overhead. Pilots noted that they saw surviving enemy troops waving white flags on subsequent passes after dropping napalm. The pilots radioed to ground troops and the North Koreans were captured.[6]

Burning Monk by Malcolm Browne- Chelsea Mazzone http://www.worldsfamousphotos.com/burning-monk-the-self-immolation-1963.html
 * This picture was taken on June 11, 1963 during the Vietnam War.
 * In the picture this man burned himself to death to bring attention to the repressive polices of Catholic Diem that controlled the South Vietnamese government. (World's Famous Photos).
 * The Buddhist monks asked not lift the Buddhist flag anymore because they wanted to grant Buddhism the same rights as Catholicism to give them the right to practice their religion.
 * This picture represents the social and political culture at the time because he sacrificed for his people for his religion-Buddhism and political because they wanted to show the South Vietnamese government that they would do anything for their religion.
 * This picture informs you what culture was like in the 60's and early 70's by showing this man getting burned alive. He gave his life for his people and religion. That's how important religion was to them. They were sick of losing their rights. He did it to gain attention but sadly he gained very little from the South Vietnamese government..

Works Cited Etmk design consultancy. “images against war: Horst Faas.” images against war. The cooperation of Harald Ernst/Philip Thesen, 2006. Web. 30 Sept. 2009. . Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. “Horst Faas.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 15 Sept. 2009. Web. 30 Sept. 2009. . - - -. “William Tecumseh Sherman.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. N.p., 28 Sept. 2009. Web. 30 Sept. 2009. .

"Burning Monk - The Self-Immolation [1963]." //World Famous Photos//. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Oct. 2009. . "The Self-immolation, Burning Monk." //Articlesbase//. N.p., 2005-2008. Web. 1 Oct. 2009. .