
Left: A U.S. soldier transmits a radio message near Da Nang, Vietnam, in 1967. Right: A U.S. soldier stands at a checkpoint in Kandahar City in 2010. Photos: (left) Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images; (right) Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images
Until Afghanistan, Vietnam was America's longest war. The images we're seeing now have a lot of parallels with that war — right down to the scenes of the chaotic, desperate final days.







