For nearly 20 years, the Vietnam War waged on, taking the lives of an estimated 58,200 American soldiers with it. Back home in the United States, more than 8000 miles away, much of the battle surrounding the war—and its righteousness—played out on newspaper pages and television news reports.

The images changed how the world saw Vietnam, but especially how Americans saw their country, soldiers and the war itself, which ended 50 years ago this month.

Asian American veterans share emotional stories 50 years after Vietnam war: ‘Looking like the enemy’ - In one video, a former marine describes how a sergeant hit him on his first night in Vietnam beca