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This is part of a series of articles by Westporter Robert Stokes based on his recent return to Vietnam for the first time since he covered the war from 1966 to l968 as a freelance journalist and later as a staff correspondent for Newsweek Magazine.

Ever wonder how war photographers survive out there? We’ve enlisted Teru Kuwayama —a photographer who has covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hotspots for Time , Newsweek and Outside —to explain the perils of working in a war zone. Among military planners, there’s an aphorism that states: “Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.” The daily mechanics of photographing in a “war zone” don’t have much to do with photography—mostly it’s about getting from point A t

Ever wonder how war photographers survive out there? We've enlisted Teru Kuwayama —a photographer who has covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and other hotspots for Time , Newsweek and Outside —to explain the perils of working in a war zone. Among military planners, there's an aphorism that states: "Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics." The daily mechanics of photographing in a "war zone" don't have much to do with photography—mostly it's about getting from point A