Month: February 2024
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The Great Raid, January 30, 1945 – Part 2
Following are 74 photographs taken during the Raid at Cabanatuan / The Great Raid, which involved the rescue of roughly 500 Allied POWs & Civilians from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Philippines by US Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Philippine guerrillas on January 30, 1945. For more see our entry for January…
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South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, in charge of the national police, executes assumed Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem on a Saigon street early in the Tet Offensive. February 1, 1968.
Image: Eddie Adams’ photograph “Saigon Execution” showing the moment Nguyễn Văn Lém is shot by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan On this day in history, February 1, 1968, South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, in charge of the national police, executes assumed Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem on a Saigon street early in the Tet Offensive.…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 