Freddy Kornick was killed in Vietnam the day before his 21st birthday. But he left behind a legacy of nearly 800 slides that found beauty in a country torn apart by war.

This feature is part of a WQED project, "The Vietnam War: Pittsburgh Stories." See similar content at wqed.org/vietnam.

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