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0

Media Type

Moving Image

Physical Location

D025.3A

Copyright Statement

Copyright Protected

Number of Media

1

Language(s)

English

Format

Umatic-S

Time - Hr:Min:Sec

22:28

Digitized in HD?

No

General Note

Eddie Adams talks the early days of his coverage of America's involvement with Vietnam, when he had 'more combat experience than the Marines (he) was going out with.' He discusses photojournalism being eclipsed by television coverage, and meeting General Loan years after the war.

General Note

[VNCA NOTE: Profanity and graphic descriptons of death and injuries throughout this media. Viewer discretion is advised.]
[VNCA NOTE: Due to age, and the process of digitization, there is a slight lag between audio and video but has not been deemed significant enough to edit. Audio is ahead of video by 1-2 seconds.]

00:06 a couple of quick questions - praise for previous interview ;
00:48 picking up the interview - why did you want to go to Vietnam - February 1965 - US advisors - Da Nang - Marine Corp - Wes Gallagher - AP - Associated Press - Malcom Browne - Peter Arnett - Horst Faas - 1965 - return from Vietnam ;
3:07 a Marine trying to cross the street - Marine on crutches nearly hit by a car - feeling out of place - Jack Laurence - John Laurence - CBS - cemetery shoot out - Hoai Chau graveyard - Viet Cong - 1st Cavalry - January 1968 ;
4:57 photographer, not American - no identity ;
5:52 having military experience - Korean War - Marine - field experience - advice to a Marine captain about a booby trap - Army - 25th division - going up ahead with the point - Army captain - a dumb decision - learning on the job ;
7:34 GRAPHIC: two Marines – death by booby trap ;
8:47 GRAPHIC: claymore detonating - Viet Cong - open fire ;
9:50 visiting Loan a year ago - Quantico, Virginia - women in the Marines - editor - Leatherneck magazine - General Loan's restaurant - Springfield, Virginia ;
11:54 the photograph anyone could've shot - Peter Braestrup – Peter Braestrup commentary ;
12:25 the Saigon execution picture controversy - what it means to Eddie - Pulitzer Prize - being there - the protection of a camera ;
15:22 cropping a picture - the Loan photograph ;
16:08 television's war - 1965 - Larry Burrows - Life magazine photographer - Khe Sanh - Quang Tri - silent cameras - CBS - documentary – Saigon - Carravelle hotel - screening the film ;
17:34 GRAPHIC: description of interrogation of a Vietcong ;
17:54 still pictures - silent pictures – television – 1965 – the challenge of a still picture - difficulty making a great picture during war - adventure seeking photographers - back into the woodwork - covering a war is easy ;
19:59 adjusting the mic and camera ;
20:30 the best photographs Eddie took in Vietnam - the most significant photos to come out of Vietnam - Buddhist monk picture - Burning Monk - Napalm attack - Napalm girl - Loan picture - Saigon execution - Saigon - Tet offensive - Viet Cong ;
21:19 GRAPHIC: description of picture of dead Viet Cong soldier ;
21:57 1st cavalry - cemetery - Hoai Chau graveyard - soldier charging - helicopter - evacuation ;