Talk:Nguyễn Ngọc Loan
No photos of VC victims?
I have always wondered why Eddie Adams, the American photog on the spot, was not curious or thorough enough to take a photo of the family that this Viet Cong partisan (he seems not to be in uniform) had murdered earlier. Does anyone know of a photo? It would make a valuable addition to this story about Nguyen Ngoc Loan, which seems almost always to be presented out of context.
Where did Loan die?
I have a question too: did Loan die in Washington or in Washington, DC? Meelar 04:30, 28 May 2004 (UTC)
- He died in Fairfax County, Virginia (specifically, the community of Burke), where he lived. Fairfax County is in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. —Ryanaxp June 28, 2005 17:49 (UTC)
Possible copyvio
I came across this site here earlier today. Which text predates which? Kouros 13:11, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- see Wikipedia:Copies of Wikipedia content (undetermined or disputed compliance). regards, High on a tree 01:02, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- That site—thefreedictionary.com—is one of many sites that copies articles from Wikipedia and frames them with various ads. This is permitted under the license used on Wikipedia, but you can be sure that any text presented on that site was originally copied verbatim from the main Wikipedia. —Ryanaxp June 28, 2005 17:49 (UTC)
This execution was in violation of the Geneva convention.
This assertion was added in an edit today, and I removed it as unsupported and POV. It appears the viet cong executed by Loan was conducting armed hostilities dressed as a civilian (in fact most accounts claim he was an infiltrator). Therefore, at most, the viet cong would most likely have been an unlawful combatant who would not have qualified for protection under the Geneva convention. —Ryanaxp June 28, 2005 17:49 (UTC)
ARVN generals
ARVN generals seems more like something that belongs as a category than in the article. Since this category does not yet exist, I won't yet erase the section. Ruy Lopez 28 June 2005 18:04 (UTC)
Timeframe of the photo?
I've always wondered, in the famous single frame, has the execution shot been fired, or is it about to be fired? If anyone has this information, it should probably go in the article. Suntiger 15:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)