General Nguyen Ngoc Loan

General Nguyen Ngoc Loan (December 11 1930 [1] – July 14, 1998) was the Republic of Vietnam's Chief of National Police. Fair Use confimed http://www. ... Fair Use confimed http://www. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809 km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ...

Biography

Nguyen Ngoc Loan was a former brigadier general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. [ [ Image:ArmyoftheRepublicofVietnam. ...

Nguyen summarily executed Nguyen Van Lem, a Viet Cong prisoner, in front of an NBC cameraman and Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams on February 1, 1968. The photo (captioned "General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon") and film would become two of the most famous images in journalism and started to change the American public's views on their involvement in the Vietnam War. Gen. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Associated Press logo Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Viet Cong Captain Nguyen Van Lem: Eddie Adams Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Eddie Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American photographer noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and as a photojournalist having covered 13 wars. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam People’s Republic of China Commanders William Westmoreland Ho Chi Minh Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~520,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead...

Nguyen Van Lem was captured, his hands bound and was brought in front of the journalists. General Nguyen pulled out his revolver and calmly executed the prisoner with a single shot to the right temple. Nguyen claimed that this was justified because the prisoner had been the captain of an NLF platoon that (reportedly) had just executed the wives, children and relatives of several South Vietnamese police officers. Thirty-four bound and murdered civilians were found in one ditch. Gen. ... The concept of justifiable homicide in criminal law stands on the dividing line between an excuse and an exculpation. ...

During the fall of Saigon, Nguyen left Vietnam in 1975. He moved to Virginia and opened a pizza restaurant, but he had to give it up after his past had been disclosed to the public in 1991, with one patron writing "we know who you are" on a door in his restaurant. He died of cancer on July 14, 1998 in Burke, Virginia, a Washington, D.C. suburb. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by apoptosis. ... July 14 is the 195th day (196th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 170 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Burke is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C., with regard to the surrounding states of Maryland and Virginia. ...

He was married to Chinh Mai, with whom he had five children.

Prisoner Execution

Eddie Adams's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Nguyen Van Lem, a Viet Cong officer.

General Nguyen Ngoc Loan Executing a Viet Cong Prisoner in Saigon is a photograph taken by Eddie Adams on February 1, 1968 showing South Vietnamese National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem in Saigon during the Tet Offensive. The event was also captured by NBC News film cameras, but Adams' photograph remains the defining image. Image File history File links Nguyen. ... Image File history File links Nguyen. ... A photograph (often shortened to photo) is an image created by focusing light onto material having a light-sensitive coating. ... General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Viet Cong Captain Nguyen Van Lem: Eddie Adams Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Eddie Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American photographer noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and as a photojournalist having covered 13 wars. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809 km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ... Gen. ... Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành Chí Minh) is the largest city in Vietnam, located near the delta of the Mekong River. ... Combatants United States, South Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia North Vietnam, National Liberation Front Commanders William Westmoreland Võ Nguyên Giáp Strength 50,000+ (estimate) 85,000+ (estimate) Casualties USA/AUS/SKOR: 1,536 dead, 7,764 wounded, 11 missing, ARVN: 2,788 dead, 8,299 wounded, 587 missing, Total... NBC News Logo NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. Its current president is Steve Capus. ...

Though some critics still claim Nguyen Ngoc Loan's action violated the Geneva Conventions for treatment of prisoners of war (Nguyen Van Lem had not been wearing a uniform nor fighting enemy soldiers in the alleged commission of war crimes), the rights of POW status were accorded to Viet Cong only if seized during military operations. Those designated as guerrillas were subject only to the laws of the South Vietnamese government, which was often less willing to protect the human rights of its enemy when compared to the United States. During the Tet Offensive General Nguyen and his police kept Saigon out of the Viet Cong's control until the end of the war. During the defense of Saigon, Nguyen diverted his troops from the American Embassy to the Presidential Palace, an act which the Americans in Vietnam never forgave him for.

The photo won Adams the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography, though he was later said to have regretted the impact it had. The image became an anti-war icon. Concerning General Nguyen and his famous photograph, Eddie Adams later wrote in Time: 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The gold medal awarded for Public Service in Journalism The Pulitzer Prize is an American award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism, literary achievements, and musical compositions. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Notable Time magazine covers from the dates May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ...

The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them, but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths...What the photograph didn't say was, 'What would you do if you were the general at that time and place on that hot day, and you caught the so-called bad guy after he blew away one, two or three American soldiers?' How do you know you wouldn't have pulled the trigger yourself? Image File history File links Cquote1. ... A Viet Cong soldier, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on Saigon during the festive Tet holiday period of 1968. ...

Eddie Adams later apologized in person to General Nguyen and his family for the damage it did to his reputation. When General Nguyen died, Adams praised him as a hero of a just cause: Image File history File links Cquote2. ... General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing Viet Cong Captain Nguyen Van Lem: Eddie Adams Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Eddie Adams (June 12, 1933 – September 19, 2004) was an American photographer noted for portraits of celebrities and politicians and as a photojournalist having covered 13 wars. ...

The guy was a hero. America should be crying. I just hate to see him go this way, without people knowing anything about him.[1]

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External links

• The exact location of this event happened on the west section of "Lý Thái Tổ" street, right in the center of this satellite map, and looking East as shown the execution picture.
• VNAF The South Vietnamese Air Force - Không Quân Việt Nam Cộng Hòa
• Voice autobiography of execution by Photographer Eddie Adams
• General Nguyen Ngoc Loan's Obituary from The New York Times, July 16, 1998
• Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces Reunion 2003

1. ^ Image Canon - Historic Images