In what has become one of the most chilling and heartbreaking photos from the Vietnam War, we see an elderly woman sitting in a pile of ruble, in her village of Phuc Loc. The woman is desperately weeping after her entire village was bombed by Americans on April 16th, 1972.
This photograph speaks for itself; the expression of absolute despair and hopelessness on this woman’s face says more than all the words in the world. Like countless others, all this woman ever knew was destroyed in a heartbeat.