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04-04-2010, 04:51 PM
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Saigon Execution: Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan Shoots Viet Cong Prisoner, Tet 1968
The Saigon Execution ranks among the most familiar photographs from the Vietnam War. During the Tet Offensive on February 1, 1968, Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, chief of South Vietnam's national police, fired into the head of a bound Viet Cong captive on a street in Saigon near the An Quang Pagoda. Photographer Eddie Adams recorded the precise moment of the shooting, and a television crew captured the execution on film. His picture received the 1969 Pulitzer Prize and World Press Photo of the Year. The captive has generally been identified as Nguyen Van Lem, also called Bay Lop, although his identity has never been settled. He was carrying a pistol and dressed in civilian clothing when he was captured. A claim that he commanded a squad responsible for murdering a South Vietnamese police officer's family first appeared in the 1980s and is disputed by historians.  · |
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04-04-2010, 05:38 PM
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Re: Saigon Execution: Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan Shoots Viet Cong Prisoner, Tet 1968
general nguyen(arvn) is pulling the trigger. the man being shot was involved in the tet offensive attack on the US embassy in saigon i believe.
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04-04-2010, 05:47 PM
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Re: Saigon Execution: Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan Shoots Viet Cong Prisoner, Tet 1968
And because the perp was not in any kind of uniform, he was considered a spy, and not a prisoner of war. As such, the opposing army (ARVN) had a right to execute him without trail.
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04-05-2010, 12:24 AM
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Re: Saigon Execution: Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan Shoots Viet Cong Prisoner, Tet 1968
Yeah the guy with the gun works for the US backed South Vietnam government. He was the police chief. And this was right after/during Tet Offensive in Saigon. The guy he is shooting was Vietcong. I took(and passed) a college class on the history of the Vietnam war and this is one of the things we learned about. It looks real bad shooting a man point blank in the head when he has his hands tied behind his back. But as I understand the North Vietnamese man had just killed a bunch of the chief's men. And you know how unpset cops get when one of their own is killed. So I totally understand, and at least he did it quick and easy. |
