Who here knows the story behind this famous photo?
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Partially.
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I am old enough to remember when that photo caused quite a stir. I seem to recall it was a S. Vietnamese general executing a member of a Viet Cong death squad that had been captured. I think the squad had been targeting government officials and their families. Kind of a fighting fire with fire execution. Bob
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that seems to be about right
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dude was viet cong. photo won a pulitzer.
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I knew he was an enemy soldier captured out of uniform but can't remember the details.
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South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, shoots Vietcong officer Nguyen Van Lem, also known as Bay Lop, on a Saigon street on Feb. 1, 1968.
After Nguyen Ngoc Loan raised his sidearm and shot Vietcong operative Nguyen Van Lem in the head he walked over to the reporters and told them that: “These guys kill a lot of our people, and I think Buddha will forgive me”. Captured on NBC TV cameras and by AP photographer Eddie Adams, the picture and film footage flashed around the world and quickly became a symbol of the Vietnam War’s brutality.
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Yup.....I recall the picture and your narrative is correct.
Thanks for the confirmation. It is good to know that my memory is still working o.k.
Now if I could just remember what I had for breakfast. Bob
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I am old enough to remember when that photo caused quite a stir. I seem to recall it was a S. Vietnamese general executing a member of a Viet Cong death squad that had been captured. I think the squad had been targeting government officials and their families. Kind of a fighting fire with fire execution. Bob
IIRC, the man being executed and the executioner knew each other and the executee had just murdered the executioner's family.
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I remember it.
I think the guy has a pizza joint in
DCVA now, I just read he retired and died later.Here is the before picture.
And another
I like the Grease Gun.
I cannot believe Adams the guy who took the photo hung around. I have been in similar situations when the locals get stabby and I un-ass the AO.
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I remember that photo very well. I remember seeing a video of it back in the day also.
Joe
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Sure do!!!
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i remember seeing the vidieo as he fired and the blood spurting out
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Smith & Wesson 49, nickel finish, nice piece.
And yes, remember it well.
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That one and the little naked girl running down the road fired up the anti-war movement.
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I remember Dad saying when on TV.. too bad it wasn't hanoi Jane
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That one and the little naked girl running down the road fired up the anti-war movement.
She was severely burned, if I remember right it was from napalm. I think she was brought over here for treatment of her burns,
Joe
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The little girl defected to Canada when she was a college student I believe she was treated in Vietnam she was studying to be a Doctor in Cuba and on a flight to Moscow the plane landed in Newfoundland when she took the opportunity to defect.
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I also remember the video and the blood litterly spurting out of the guys head. I was an air force medic back then and remember it vividly.
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I remember it being on the TV news and every news magazine and news paper as I would guess any one at least our age has seen it . and countless more times its been replayed over the years
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Remember it well . Most of the so called civilized world condemned the shooter. Those who knew the brutality of the vietcong , did not object .
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