ＰｈｏｔｏｔａｋｅｎｂｙａＵ．Ｓｓｏｌｄｉｅｒａｓａｐａｒｔｏｆｈｉｓｏｆｆｉｃｉａｌｄｕｔｉｅｓ－Ｍａｙ１９６８ｉｓｓｕｅｏｆＶｉｅｔｎａｍＧＩ（ｎｅｗｓｌｅｔｔｅｒｐｕｂｌｉｓｈｅｄｂｙｓｏｌｄｉｅｒｓｉｎＶｉｅｔｎａｍ）Ｕ．ＳｓｏｌｄｉｅｒｓｐｏｓｉｎｇｗｉｔｈｂｅｈｅａｄｅｄＶｉｅｔｃｏｎｇ，ＯｒｉｇｉｎａｌｃａｐｔｉｏｎｆｒｏｍＶｉｅｔｎａｍＧＩ：ＴｈｅａｂｏｖｅｐｉｃｔｕｒｅｓｈｏｗｓｅｘａｃｔｌｙｗｈａｔｔｈｅｂｒａｓｓｗａｎｔｙｏｕｔｏｄｏｉｎｔｈｅＮａｍ．ＴｈｅｒｅａｓｏｎｆｏｒｐｒｉｎｔｉｎｇｔｈｉｓｐｉｃｔｕｒｅｉｓｎｏｔｔｏｐｕｔｄｏｗｎＧ．Ｉ．’ｓｂｕｔｒａｔｈｅｒｔｏｉｌｌｕｓｔｒａｔｅｔｈｅｆａｃｔｔｈａｔｔｈｅＡｒｍｙｃａｎｒｅａｌｌｙｆｕｃｋｏｖｅｒｙｏｕｒｍｉｎｄｉｆｙｏｕｌｅｔｉｔ．Ｉｔ’ｓｕｐｔｏｙｏｕ，ｙｏｕｃａｎｐｕｔｉｎｙｏｕｒｔｉｍｅｊｕｓｔｔｒｙｉｎｇｔｏｍａｋｅｉｔｂａｃｋｉｎｏｎｅｐｉｅｃｅｏｒｙｏｕｃａｎｂｅｃｏｍｅａｐｓｙｃｈｏｌｉｋｅｔｈｅＬｉｆｅｒ（Ｅ－６）ｉｎｔｈｅｐｉｃｔｕｒｅｗｈｏｒｅａｌｌｙｄｉｇｓｔｈｉｓｋｉｎｄｏｆｓｈｉｔ．Ｉｔ’ｓｙｏｕｒｃｈｏｉｃｅ．． (Photo taken by a U.S soldier as apart of his official duties - May 1968 issue of Vietnam GI (newsletter published by soldiers in Vietnam) U.S soldiers posing with beheaded Viet cong, Original caption from Vietnam GI: The above picture shows exactly what the brass want you to do in the Nam. The reason for printing this picture is not to put down G.I.’s but rather to illustrate the fact that the Army can really fuck over your mind if you let it. It’s up to you, you can put in your time just trying to make it back in one piece or you can become a psycho like the Lifer (E-6) in the picture who really digs this kind of shit. It’s your choice..)