Talk:Nguyễn Ngọc Loan/Archive 1

Archive 1

No photos of VC victims?

I have always wondered why Eddie Adams, the American photog on the spot, was not curious or thorough enough to take a photo of the family that this Viet Cong partisan (he seems not to be in uniform) had murdered earlier. Does anyone know of a photo? It would make a valuable addition to this story about Nguyen Ngoc Loan, which seems almost always to be presented out of context.

There is none. Either Eddie Adams never investigated, or he was prevented from investigating or he did investigate but found there was in fact no bodies. The simple fact is there is no clear evidence Nguyen murdered anyone and I suspect there is a good chance he didn't. No one is denying that atrocities were committed by both sides but there is no reason to assume an atrocity was commited by this particular man when there is no evidence to suggest he did other then a claim by a partisan source after he had been executed Nil Einne 07:00, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Other famous photo?

"would become two of the most famous images in journalism" wheres this other photo?

The other "image" is a film, you knob!--Mofomojo 04:55, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm thinking that the other image is the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima

what about the Tank Man of Tiananmen Square ? 216.113.96.154 07:27, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Where did Loan die?

I have a question too: did Loan die in Washington or in Washington, DC? Meelar 04:30, 28 May 2004 (UTC)

He died in Fairfax County, Virginia (specifically, the community of Burke), where he lived. Fairfax County is in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. —Ryanaxp June 28, 2005 17:49 (UTC)

Possible copyvio

I came across this site here earlier today. Which text predates which? Kouros 13:11, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

see Wikipedia:Copies of Wikipedia content (undetermined or disputed compliance). regards, High on a tree 01:02, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

That site—thefreedictionary.com—is one of many sites that copies articles from Wikipedia and frames them with various ads. This is permitted under the license used on Wikipedia, but you can be sure that any text presented on that site was originally copied verbatim from the main Wikipedia. —Ryanaxp June 28, 2005 17:49 (UTC)

ARVN generals

ARVN generals seems more like something that belongs as a category than in the article. Since this category does not yet exist, I won't yet erase the section. Ruy Lopez 28 June 2005 18:04 (UTC)

Timeframe of the photo?

I've always wondered, in the famous single frame, has the execution shot been fired, or is it about to be fired? If anyone has this information, it should probably go in the article. Suntiger 15:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

It is before the shot is fired. The most famous photo is actually one in a sequence of several photos shot directly before and following the execution—I learned this and saw the relevant photos in an excellent photographic book by two journalists who covered the war (I'll try to get the title, authors' names and ISBN if I remember to do so when I go home after work). —Ryanaxp 18:09, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

I don't think this is true. I've read that analysis of this photo shows splinters exiting the man's head. Certainly, the man is being affected by some force, and his head already looks misshapen, and the trigger finger is already back. One could assert that the photo shows is a shockwave prior to impact but it is highly unlikely that the picture could have been taken after the shot had been 'started' and before impact. Simply, the shutter speed would not be fast enough to contain that moment alone. Macgruder

I believe that its after he pulled the trigger, but before the bullet impacted or even left the barrel. His face is proabbly a consequence of the the blast's shockwave.

• I can't remember where I read his remarks, but Adams has always stated his belief that "the bullet was in the man's brain" when I snapped the photo. I tend to agree--his body and head look slightly blurred. Sir Rhosis (talk) 06:24, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

Article needs clean-up

As it presently stands the article appears to be an incomplete merge of a biography of Loan and an article on the photo itself. There is some repetition and the like that I think needs to be straightened out. I don't think it's bad enough to justify a cleanup tag on the article page. 23skidoo 22:37, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

I think it's just fine. Look at the David Pearl article. Genjix 17:26, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

Then where's the blood?

Here is the Video of the execution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqAWoIFoYcY —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.6.206.16 (talk) 05:36, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

The video has been pulled by YouTube for terms of use violation (copyright violation)Whirlingdervish 23:55, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

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