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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 .
Murder, kidnapping, torture and intimidation were a routine part of Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) operations during the Vietnam War.They were intended to liquidate opponents such as officials, leaders, military personnel, civilians who collaborated with the South Vietnamese government, erode the morale of South Vietnamese government employees, cow the populace and boost ...
The fighting in Saigon produced one of the Vietnam War's most famous images, photographer Eddie Adams' image of the summary execution of a VC prisoner on February 1, 1968. Nguyễn Văn Lém was captured by South Vietnamese national police, who identified him as the captain of a VC assassination and revenge platoon, and accused him of murdering ...
January 31, 1968 to February 28, 1968 Huế: 5467 killed Viet Cong and People's Army of Vietnam: Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre (disputed) February 12, 1968 Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất hamlets, Điện Bàn District of Quảng Nam Province, South Vietnam 69–79 Republic of Korea Armed Forces: Hà My massacre (disputed) February 25, 1968
Adams would later lament the effect of the photo. [16] On Loan and his photograph, Adams wrote in Time in 1998: Two people died in that photograph: the recipient of the bullet and General Nguyen Ngoc Loan. The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapons in the world.
Now Miller is set to become the second inmate to be executed with nitrogen gas in Alabama on Thursday. Miller's crimes left voids in three families, and now over two decades later, he will face ...
After his death, Adams praised him: "The guy was a hero. America should be crying. I just hate to see him go this way, without people knowing anything about him." [42] [43] Eddie Adams wrote a eulogy to Loan in Time: The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world.
South Carolina law states death row inmates must choose their method of death 14 days before their execution date. A law passed by the Legislature in 2021 makes death by electric chair the default ...