May be cool (to some) today, but was hardly cool to anyone then. It was a very controversial move by Life, taken by many as support of a growing anti-war movment that was beginning to incorporate targeting men (kids) such as thse in their protests on college campuses.
I do not know a young person today that knows well the story of Vietnam nor perhaps even cares nor would begin to understand the society that sent them there and their sense of duty to each other in going and dying there. An “in between” generation that burns very bright against the much darker majority of that group that has given us the sorry governent and culture we have today.
Those I know well that went to Vietnam; including one of my brothers and my hubby tell me they came back to a completely different country. My brother was there 1967-1969 (two tours), hubby was there 1968-1969. They said things had changed so much here while they were gone didn’t know what to think.