After Execution
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After Execution

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Photograph

Eddie Adams

Maker
American, 1933–2004

After Execution

1968
Gelatin silver print, printed 1988
19.0 x 23.8 cm.
Gift of The Associated Press, 1988
1988.0398.0028
Inscriptions verso-(stamped) "11 49"
(in pencil) "672"
TextVietcong arrested and executed. Carring a pistol and wearing civilian clothes, this Vietcong was captured near Quang Pagoda during attacks on Saigon February 1. Identified as an officer, he was taken to South Vietnamese National Police Chief, Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan, who shot him point-blank in the head.

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