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Eddie Adams: Vietnam

This new collection of photographs by the Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist pulls together some of the most iconic war photographs ever taken. See eight of harrowing images, including the famous shot of a South Vietnamese general executing a suspected Viet Cong leader.

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Eddie Adams

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Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of Viet Cong officer executed by General Loan, Saigon, 1968.

Eddie Adams

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“These pictures were shot while I was lying on my belly hiding from sniper fire. I was with a marine platoon just south of Da Nang. We were looking for a company of Viet Cong believed to be in the area. After the shooting stopped, the Marines rounded up all the villagers and questioned them. They got few answers. No one would tell where the men of the village were—a typical reaction. The picture of the woman holding the child has become my favorite.” Eddie Adams in The Bergen Record, November 13, 1965.

Eddie Adams

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Parachutes billow in the wind shortly after they hit the ground at Plei Me during an attack by Viet Cong guerrillas,1965.

Eddie Adams

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Vietnamese stop to look at a Viet Cong killed in the western section of Saigon, Cholon, May 5, 1968.

Eddie Adams

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Strips of tape cover the eyes and mouth of a suspected Viet Cong guerrilla after his capture by U.S. Marines near Chau Dinh, September 9, 1965.

Eddie Adams

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Sunset patrol at Plei Me about 210 miles north of Saigon, 1965.

Eddie Adams

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U.S. Marine, 1st Calvary, Hoai Chau, Vietnam, 1966.

Eddie Adams

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Eddie Adams in Vietnam, 1965.

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