US photographer publishes pictures of Vietnam’s war kids then and now

An American photographer has showcased photos which he took of Vietnamese war children’s current life in a British newspaper.

Photographer Reed Young had the photos run by The Guardian on Friday last week.

In October 1969, at the height of the war in Vietnam, U.S. medic/hobby photographer Bob Shirley took snapshots of a group of local children in Chon Thanh Village in Chon Thanh District in the southern province of Binh Duong.

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