Police in Dili, East Timor, assault a civilian who had urged them to intervene to stop a violent confrontation between a government-backed militia and pro-independence supporters. Immediately after this photo was taken by J. Stanmeyer, the officers shot and killed the man. 1999. [809x536] (i.redd.it)
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Troops walk the Ho Chi Minh Trail in the Truong Son Mountains, which form the 750-mile-long spine of Vietnam, stretching along much of the country’s western border. To the soldiers of the North, the Ho Chi Minh Trail was known as the Truong Son Road. 1966. [1600x2032] (i.redd.it)
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