NGUYEN NGOC Loan died on Tuesday. In many ways his life was unremarkable. He was a Vietnamese refugee, failed restaurateur, husband and father. But one instant, captured on film 30 years ago, catap… ...

On Feb. 1, 1968, during the Vietnam War, South Vietnam's police chief (Nguyen Ngoc Loan) executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head in a scene captured by news photographers.

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 1968, file photo, 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 ...

FILE - In this Feb. 1, 1968, file photo, 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 ...

View General Nguyen Ngoc Loan Executing Viet Cong Prisoner Nguyen Van Lém, Saigon with Adams inset at far right by Eddie Adams on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Eddie Adams.

Every historic moment has its iconic image. Vietnam had Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong on the street; the Oklahoma City bombing had a fireman holding a dying child in his arms; Abu ...

PHOTOJOURNALIST Eddie Adams died last Sunday at age 71, but his place in history is secure. Indeed, Adams made history with his famous picture of South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan. Taken ...

View South Vietnam National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan Executes Suspected Viet Cong Member Nguyen Van Lem, On the Second Day of the Tet Offensive During the Vietnam War (1968) By Adams Eddie; ...

View General Nguyen Ngoc Loan Executing Viet Cong Prisoner Nguyen Van Lém, Saigon with Adams inset at right by Eddie Adams on artnet. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by Eddie Adams.