Vietnam - Dreams of Better Times-Struggle-Pulitzer Prize Award Winning Photo

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Vietnam - Dreams of Better Times-Struggle-Pulitzer Prize Award Winning Photo
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Vietnam - Dreams of Better Times
1968 Pulitzer Prize, Feature Photography, Toshio Sakai, United Press International
Being a soldier in Vietnam meant trudging through unfamiliar countryside, knowing the next moment could mean obliteration by a booby trap or a mine. It meant numbing boredom, followed by terrifying struggle.
On June I7, 1967, Japanese photojournalist Toshio Sakai crouches with the men of B Company, about 40 miles northeast of Saigon. They are dug in behind sandbags and mud banks, surrounded by deep jungle. It is Sakai's first tour of Vietnam: "There was a commotion in the forest, then all became silent. Birds stopped chirping and insects quieted. My heart was beating fast. A tense atmosphere filled the air."
Suddenly, shells explode overhead. AK-47s crackle. It's a Viet Cong attack. The Americans return the fire. The jungle explodes with bullets. But in the midst of battle, the heavens open up. The downpour is so intense it forces both sides to stop shooting. Minutes pass, then hours. The soldiers hunker down.
Despite the miserable wet, Sakai remembers it as a moment of peace: "I saw a black soldier lying on the bunker and taking a nap. Behind him, I saw another white soldier holding an M-16 rifle, crouching and watching. The sleeping soldier must have dreamt of better times in his homeland. I quietly released the shutter."
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