“Staff Sergeant Edgar D. Bledsoe, of Olive Branch, Ill., cradles a critically ill Vietnamese infant. The child was brought to Fire Support Base Pershing. This image, with this caption, was originally published in Vol. 3 No. 53 of Tropic Lightning News, December 30, 1968.”

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

This gallery of 46 vintage images of the Vietnam War (primarily of U.S. GI’s) shows the humanity and the pains of war.  This photoessay is very informative and moving.

See on www.boston.com