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To: Snowshoe who wrote (46324)	9/2/2004 8:37:51 AM
From: JeffA	Respond to of 81568

Thanks. I stand corrected. I knew it was not an American officer.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (46324)	9/2/2004 11:48:23 AM
From: Glenn Petersen	Respond to of 81568

The incident occurred during the Tet Offensive. While that Vietcong soldier was being executed, anywhere from two thousand to six thousand South Vietnamese were being butchered and buried in mass graves in Hue. There were no photographers around. While I would not condone or defend a summary execution, it needs to be viewed in the context of that day. Eddie Adams, the photographer who took the picture, made some interesting comments in that obituary you posted. Eddie Adams' photo of the execution won a Pulitzer Prize for The Associated Press. NBC also showed film of the execution. Adams said yesterday that Gen. Loan's actions were misinterpreted because of the picture. "The guy was a hero. America should be crying," said Adams, now a free-lance photographer. "I just hate to see him go this way, without people knowing anything about him." Adams said the man Loan shot had been seen killing others and that Loan was justified in executing him.