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1. • Major General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan

     • Major General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (Vietnamese: [ŋʷǐənˀ ŋâwkp lʷāːn]; 11 December 1930 – 14 July 1998) was a South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police.
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   Did a Viet Cong Lieutenant kill a police major?

   • The photographer Eddie Adams believed and repeated this story. "It turns out that the Viet Cong lieutenant who was killed in the picture had murdered a police major--one of General Loan's best friends--his whole family, wife, kids, the same guy.

   Nguyễn Ngọc Loan - Wikipedia

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   Did Nguyen Ngoc loan fire a pistol in Vietnam?

   • In an instant, Vietnam execution photo framed a view of war South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan fires his pistol into the head of suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem on a Saigon street early in the Tet Offensive, Feb. 1, 1968. (AP Photo/Eddie Adams, File)on

   In an instant, Vietnam execution photo framed a view of war

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   Who killed Nguyen Van Lem?

   • Nguyen Ngoc Loan, the national police chief of South Vietnam, executed a Vietcong fighter, Nguyen Van Lem, in Saigon on Feb. 1, 1968. Eddie Adams/Associated Press Fifty years ago today, the national police chief of South Vietnam calmly approached a prisoner in the middle of a Saigon street and fired a bullet into his head.

   A Photo That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War

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   What jolted Americans' view of the Vietnam War?

   • NEW YORK (AP) — It was a fraction of a second that jolted Americans’ view of the Vietnam War. In a Saigon street, South Vietnam’s police chief raised a gun to the head of a handcuffed Viet Cong prisoner and abruptly pulled the trigger. A few feet away, Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams pressed his shutter.

   In an instant, Vietnam execution photo framed a view of war

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   Did Lém commanded a Vietcong death squad?

   • South Vietnamese sources said that Lém commanded a Vietcong death squad, which on that day had targeted South Vietnamese National Police officers, or in their stead, the police officers’ families. Corroborating this, Lém was captured at the site of a mass grave that included the bodies of at least seven police family members.

   Saigon execution: Murder of a Vietcong by Saigon Police Chief, 1968

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   Was Lem a civilian or a member of the Viet Cong?

   • Lem was no civilian; he was a member of the Viet Cong. Not just any member, either, he was an assassin and the leader of a Viet Cong death squad who had been targeting and killing South Vietnamese National Police officers and their families. Lem’s team was attempting to take down a number of South Vietnamese officials.

   The Story behind the famous “Saigon Execution” Photo

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   Loan gained international attention when he summarily executed a handcuffed prisoner of war named Nguyễn Văn Lém on February 1, 1968, in Saigon, Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. [4][5] Nguyễn Văn Lém was a Viet Cong (VC) member. [4]

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   Nguyễn Ngọc Loan was the chief of the Republic of Vietnam National Police (RVNP), [5] and brigadier general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). [6] He had anticipated the Tet Offensive, and was responsible for coordinating the ARVN response in Saigon – including commanding the RVNP to capture the Ấn Quang Pagoda , which the ...

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6. www.nytimes.com › 2018/02/01 › worldA Photo That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War

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   Feb 1, 2018 · Fifty years ago, Eddie Adams captured the exact moment the police chief of South Vietnam raised a gun to the head of a handcuffed man and pulled the trigger.

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   Apr 29, 2024 · 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.

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9. cherrieswriter.com › 2015/08/03 › the-story-behindThe Story behind the famous “Saigon Execution” Photo

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   Aug 3, 2015 · South Vietnamese Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of the national police, fires his pistol into the head of suspected Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem, also known as Bay Lop, on a Saigon street, early in the Tet Offensive on Feb. 1, 1968.

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    The police chief, Lt. Col. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, walked up and lifted his pistol. Adams figured the chief planned a gunpoint interrogation. Instead, Loan fired, and Adams’ photo froze prisoner Bay Lop’s grimace as he was shot.

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    Feb 1, 2021 · On February 1, 1968 Saigon police chief Nguyễn Ngọc Loan executed Viet Cong officer Nguyễn Văn Lém with a pistol shot to head. The execution was captured by photographer Eddie Adams and became an anti-war icon.