Newseum Ceremony Honors Four Vietnam Photojournalists
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WASHINGTON - The remains of the walls of the helicopter in 1971 claimed the life of the power outage, four photo-journalists, the Vietnam War was buried Thursday at Newseum in Washington. The ceremony, many veterans of the Newsroom Saigon, was one of many events on the eve of the opening of the 11th April of this state-of-the-Art-Museum messages near the U.S. Capitol. The Newseum, in the third floor with a hochaufragenden, journalists Memorial glass engraved with the names of journalists killed since 1843 or 1837 on the market, because their work. The remains of the bodies were dressed in the ground at the foot of the monument, a commemorative plaque as a party in the names of four photographers: Larry Burrows-of-Life Magazine, Henri Huet by The Associated Press, Kent Potter United Press International and Shima Keisaburo Moto Newsweek. Feb. 10, 1971, remembers that devastating day for a photo journalist, as a South Vietnam, helicopters, four at the same time that seven Vietnamese soldiers was killed by Laos. Friends and former colleagues of the four photographers said Thursday, a ceremony, the memorial dedicated to journalists Friday. “She chose to be there,” said Russell Burrows, Larry Burrows son. “It was the largest demonstration, I think, of his profession.” Talking Heritage, Burrows said, “I want to be seen as a sort of family chapel.” Richard Pyle, bureau chief in Saigon from the Associated Press at the time of the accident, and Horst Faas, Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnam War photographers, both spoken. Faas Pyle, and co-authors of “Lost In Laos: A True Story of Tragedy, Mystery and Friendship,” a book about the helicopter crash in the year 1996 by the discovery of his situation. The site was, in the year 1998 excavated. Faas has shared his memories of each of the four photographers and found that their work in Vietnam marked a turning point for photojournalism. “Photographer was now, more than simple additions to the text of Man,” said Faas. The photographers who died during a massive invasion by Vietnamese troops in the south of the rupture of Ho Chi Minh Road, a major landmark in the North Vietnam-pipes. Burrows, 44, and the United Kingdom is among the most famous of the Vietnam War photo journalists. Thus, it is also Huet, 43, and heritage of France, was founded by Robert Capa, prices, especially courageous photography. Shima Moto, 34, a Japanese photographer, was for Vietnam as an independent and, since 1965. Potter, 23, and the Americans, was one of the youngest members of the press corps was still UPI Photo Manager’s in Saigon. Despite the obvious risks, the four photographers have the opportunity to South Vietnam, through the establishment of an inquiry Aerial view of the operation. North Vietnamese Kano kidney to two of the four helicopters to leave. Sept Vietnamese soldiers died in helicopters, photographers. An explanation of the incident, including pieces of a Leica camera, which were used to Burrows, the army led to investigators, the helicopter has been approved by the photographer. The case was closed by “indirect identification of the group.” The Newseum image, a few years ago, after the fall of the Web site remains a recovery in the United States and took Joint POW / MIA Accounting Command, to them. The memorial Newseum replaces and expands clearly on a memorial located in the historic heart previously Newseum, Arlington, Va. The new building, which will cost $ 439 million, is situated on a block of the election of Pennsylvania Avenue, between the White House and the Capitol. It is funded in large part by the Freedom Forum, a non-profit organisation, the group founded by former Gannett Chairman and CEO Al Neuharth. |