This photograph taken during the Vietnam War in 1966 by Pfc. L. Paul Epley, shows two American GIs standing over the body of a fallen comrade after the day's battle was finished. The draft was instituted during this war, which initially took healthy sons from blue-collar America. Those who had a college deferment, or didn't pass the physical or written test because they were uneducated or unhealthy were generally safe from the draft. The average age of an American soldier during the Vietnam War was 19.

Investigate the source using the zoom and navigational tools in the Flash player and then answer the questions below.

1			Why was the Vietnam War physically and psychologically difficult for the American soldiers?
2			Americans were very opinionated about the Vietnam War. What did Americans do to show their support for the war? What did they do to show that they did not support the war?
3			What do you think was the effect on the American public when it saw this image and others like it, showing young Americans were being killed?