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...to be carried almost anywhere. Also, with the fire burning in America, the media was raping the troops of their dignity as the photographers followed them everywhere. Disturbing pictures were sent back to the press and media in America for public coverage, giving the public its first ever visual images of war. Unable to handle these shocking of images of troops killing ruthlessly, America continued to rage. The war rolled on through 1972 and Americans wondered if it would ever end. An end was soon to come, as peace talks began, on January 23, 1973 president Nixon announced the end of U.S. involvement in the war in Vietnam (Cohen). America took a deep breath and let down it's arms, but the tension was still there along with the grieving loss of young men. The Vietnam War was very confusing, especially as it was going on. The American public did not have answers, and were frustrated with the constant loss of family and friends. "No event in American history is more misunderstood that the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic. (Nixon, VHFCN)" This quote by president Nixon may be one of the most well said statements about the Vietnam War that I have ever heard. The war was so chaotic that there was n...