Looking back 45 years at one of the most turbulent years in modern history. (Warning: graphic images)
Photojournalist Eddie Adams took one of the most iconic images of the Vietnam War on February 1. The photo captured police chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executing Vietcong prisoner, Nguyễn Văn Lém.
The photo helped create a turning point in the war and became a prominent image for the anti-war movement.
Adams won a Pulitzer Prize in 1969 for this image.
Via: Eddie Adams/AP Photo
February 27, Walter Cronkite reported on his recent trip to Vietnam in his CBS News special Report from Vietnam: Who, What, When, Where, Why? Cronkite’s highly critical and pessimistic view of the war changed Americans' perception of what was really going on in Vietnam.
Via: CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
On March 16, the men of Charlie Company murdered between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians; the victims include women, children, and infants. Some of the women's bodies were found to show signs of being gang-raped.
The event, known as the My Lai Massacre, marked one of the darkest chapters in the Vietnam War. It would not become public knowledge until 1969.
Via: Universal History Archive/Getty Images
On March 31, President Lyndon Johnson shocked the nation when he announced he would not seek re-election.
Johnson also announced a bombing halt in Vietnam.
Via: LBJ Library photo by Yoichi Okamoto
