tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867248877001342147.post4289129638342792301..comments2023-10-16T11:15:23.704-05:00Comments on Consilient Inductions: Eddie Adams: Historians have failed you. Part 1 of how many?Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02460943442697919502noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867248877001342147.post-92206095666496256152012-07-25T16:38:50.852-05:002012-07-25T16:38:50.852-05:00hi jeff,
i think you might be the most informed so...hi jeff,<br />i think you might be the most informed source on the internet on this photo by Eddie Adams<br />i blog about photography and am curious whether you know how many frames Adams took from the beginning to the end. i managed to find eight frames, but i have a feeling there might be more. did you ever stumble upon Adams' contact sheets or anything? <br />also, do u think that the General's words are misquoted so many ways b/c he spoke in Vietnamese (or French) and were translated?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867248877001342147.post-63613645141074223932011-06-29T07:34:52.928-05:002011-06-29T07:34:52.928-05:00I too have been neglecting my blog. work and othe...I too have been neglecting my blog. work and other things seem to have gotten in the way. I am going to restart this topic, since I have more data and a "fresh" set of eyeballs to look at it.<br /><br />There is a lot more to this story and about these two men then what has been afforded them by other writers.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460943442697919502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867248877001342147.post-71877474367745530532011-05-08T01:11:55.426-05:002011-05-08T01:11:55.426-05:00The more I read your post on this subject the more...The more I read your post on this subject the more I remember doing the research for my class. I found a statement made by Adams's boss at the time the photo was taken. His name was Hal Buell. Beull stated :<br /><br /> He wrote: "Adams watched as two Vietnamese soldiers pulled a prisoner out of a doorway at the end of the street. The soldiers then pushed and pulled what appeared to be a Viet Cong in a plaid shirt, his arms tied behind his back. They escorted the man toward the spot where Adams and Vo Su were located.<br /><br />"Eddie Adams said, 'I just followed the three of them as they walked towards us, making an occasional picture. When they were close - maybe five feet away - the soldiers stopped and backed away. I saw a man walk into my camera viewfinder from the left. He took a pistol out of his holster and raised it. I had no idea he would shoot. It was common to hold a pistol to the head of prisoners during questioning. So I prepared to make that picture - the threat, the interrogation. But it didn't happen. The man just pulled a pistol out of his holster, raised it to the VC's head and shot him in the temple. I made a picture at the same time.'" (http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0410/faas.html)<br /><br /><br />In reading this statement from someone who was around during the time that this photo was taken, I have to think that the professor that you found was not just off on his dates, but he made it sound as if Loan pulled Lem out of the ditch and shot him then and there, at the ditch, or did I miss understand what he said? According to Buell Adams said that he saw the prisoner being pulled from a door way, not a ditch. It can be pretty incredible how the details of a story changes according to the person telling it and how they picture the events in their own mind. The real events of that day may never be known. <br /><br />I am fascinated at your dedication to find the truth.Latrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08404218060750628509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867248877001342147.post-80950508326219537112011-02-20T08:06:48.096-06:002011-02-20T08:06:48.096-06:00I have done a whole bunch of research on this in t...I have done a whole bunch of research on this in the last week. I have read all the papers cited, and also read declassified CIA and military intelligence briefings.<br /><br />The real story is different than what is out there. I've been writing on my other blog while I digest this info.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460943442697919502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867248877001342147.post-23736267252374804062011-02-16T16:00:38.692-06:002011-02-16T16:00:38.692-06:00just another great post, Its interesting to see th...just another great post, Its interesting to see the story of all this, I just the picture alone of Loan on his entry at Wikipedia, and the man in that famous photo so so different, and its more compelling to see how Eddie, even though he just reacted when he took the photo as would any photographer with the potential for a stirring photo, had such great implications for both of them. On a side note, im sure any if they tried but you are just unrelenting when it comes to research and context, after reading this..well..journey of info, its really impressive the your commitment to being correct and having the facts available, you amaze me as always Mr. B!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370601975558592789noreply@blogger.com