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1. • • 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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   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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   What happened to Nguyen Ngoc loan?

   • The soldiers stopped. 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. Suu’s footage also captured the moment, in motion.

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

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   What did Eddie Adams' photo of Nguyen Ngoc loan symbolize?

   • Eddie Adams's photo of Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan shooting a Viet Cong prisoner is considered one of the most influential images of the Vietnam War. At the time, the image was reprinted around the world and came to symbolise for many the brutality and anarchy of the war.

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   Who shot a Viet Cong prisoner?

   • Ballistic experts say the picture - which became known as Saigon Execution - shows the microsecond the bullet entered the man's head. Eddie Adams's photo of Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan shooting a Viet Cong prisoner is considered one of the most influential images of the Vietnam War.

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   What did Nguyen Ngoc loan say after he shot Van Lem?

   • 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”.

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

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

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   Feb 1, 2018 · “Two people died in that photograph: the recipient of the bullet and Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan,” he wrote in Time magazine. “The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera.”

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Saigon_executionSaigon Execution - Wikipedia

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   Saigon Execution [a] is a 1968 photograph by Associated Press photojournalist Eddie Adams, taken during the Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War. It depicts South Vietnamese brigadier general Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting Viet Cong captain Nguyễn Văn Lém [b] [c] near the Ấn Quang Pagoda in Saigon.

5. www.ap.org › media-center › ap-in-the-newsIn an instant, Vietnam execution photo framed a view of war

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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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7. www.bbc.com › news › world-us-canada-42864421Eddie Adams' iconic Vietnam War photo: What happened next - BBC

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   Jan 29, 2018 · Eddie Adams's photo of Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan shooting a Viet Cong prisoner is considered one of the most influential images of the Vietnam War. At the time, the image was...

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   Apr 29, 2024 · What happened to General Nguyen Ngoc Loan after the war? Sadly, the photograph’s legacy would haunt Loan for the rest of his life. A few months after the execution picture was taken, Loan was seriously wounded by machine-gun fire that led to the amputation of his leg.

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.

10. www.washingtonpost.com › news › retropolisVietnam War photographer Eddie Adams and the Saigon execution ...

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    Feb 1, 2018 · Retropolis. A grisly photo of a Saigon execution 50 years ago shocked the world and helped end the war. In this Feb. 1, 1968, photo, South Vietnamese Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of...