A Cartoonist’s View of the Vietnam War

In 1965, the Scripps-Howard News Service sent Gene Basset to cover the growing war in Vietnam. But Basset wasn’t a reporter or photographer like the typical war correspondent — he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the giant newspaper syndicate. During the three months he spent in country, Basset sketched hundreds of scenes, typically completing … Continue reading A Cartoonist’s View of the Vietnam War