‘Freedom Man’ at 50

Americans are preparing to mark the half century anniversary of the end of the war that Reagan declared a ‘noble cause.’

Detail of illustration by Elliott Banfield
The flag of Free Vietnam was among the banners unfurled outside the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Detail of illustration by Elliott Banfield

The approach of the 50th anniversary of the end of the war in Indochina has us thinking of January 6, 2021. There came a moment when we were looking at a news photograph of the melee that day at the Capitol when we suddenly clapped a hand over our mouth and stared. For there, among the American flags being waved in protest, was the yellow banner with three red stripes that was the flag of Free Vietnam.

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