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  • The Myth Behind the Famous Eddie Adams 'Execution' Photo

    09/23/2004 12:14:28 PM PDT · by Gunrunner2 · 20 replies · 1,832+ views
    editorandpublisher.com ^ | September 22, 2004 2:20 PM EDT | David D. Perlmutter
    Baton Rouge, La. A renowned photojournalist and a decent man died this week. Eddie Adams's most famous image, of course, was the photograph he took on February 1, 1968, outside a Buddhist temple in Saigon, then the capital of the Republic of Vietnam. It showed the summary execution of a Vietcong "suspect" by a South Vietnamese officer. Adams, a legendary Associated Press photographer, subsequently won the Pulitzer Prize. The picture -- politicians, commentators, generals and historians have claimed -- "lost the war" for America. As with most photo icons, the real story is different from the mythology; unfortunately, the myth...
  • Photojournalist Eddie Adams Dies at 71

    09/19/2004 2:16:18 PM PDT · by kemosabe · 8 replies · 1,014+ views
    ABCNEWS.com ^ | Sept. 19, 2004 | AP
    Photojournalist Eddie Adams, Who Captured Execution in Vietnam, Dies of Lou Gehrig's Disease