Vietnam & Cambodia

David Hume Kennerly, American Troops in Field near Da Nang, South Vietnam, 1972. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, U.S. Soldier on Easter Sunday, Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1971. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, U.S. Soldier and His Helmet, near Da Nang, South Vietnam, 1972

David Hume Kennerly, Wounded South Vietnamese Soldier, Protesting, Saigon, Vietnam, 1971. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, Vietnamese Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier from Battle Field near Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, 1971. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, Lone Soldier, A Shau Valley, South Vietnam, 1971. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, Child Refugee, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1975. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, Children Tending Water Buffalo, Krek, Cambodia, 1971. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, American Prisoners of War inside Their Jail Cell, Hanoi, Vietnam, 1973

David Hume Kennerly. Refugees Escaping with U.S. Military Tanks on Road, Lai Khe, South Vietnam, 1973

David Hume Kennerly, American Troops in Field near Da Nang, South Vietnam, 1972. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, American G.I. during a Monsoon, Jungle near Da Nang, South Vietnam, 1972

David Hume Kennerly, Thousands of Vietnamese Soldiers Aboard the U.S. Pioneer Commander, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, 1975

David Hume Kennerly, Vietnamese Civilians Boarding Buses and Trucks, Nha Trang, South Vietnam, 1975. © Bettmann/Getty Images

David Hume Kennerly, Walter Cronkite, CBS News Anchor, Reports from Hanoi, Vietnam, 1973

David Hume Kennerly, Vietnamese Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier from Battle Field near Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, 1971. © Bettmann/Getty Images
Equipped with the belief that photography is a vital form of political engagement and patriotic action, David Hume Kennerly traveled to conflict zones in countries such as India, Iraq, and, featured in this online gallery, Cambodia and Vietnam. Photographs like Kennerly’s are pivotal in shaping public opinion and political response to evolving crises.