The Photograph That Ended a War But Ruined a Life. Feb 1, 1968. There
were a lot of pictures taken during the Vietnam War-those of burning
monks, fallen soldiers and whirling helicopters. But this picture by
Eddie Adams is the one that defined the conflict and changed history.
Adams won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography and a World
Press Photo award for the photograph, this shows General Nguyen Ngoc
Loan of the South Vietnamese Army about to kill the captain of a
Vietcong squad at point-blank range. The photograph came to symbolize
the brutality and harsh reality of the Vietnam War that was often
shielded from Americans in the media and galvanized a worldwide anti-war
movement. Adams felt so bad for Loan that he apologized for having
taken the photo at all, admitting, “The general killed the Vietcong; I
killed the general with my camera.”
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