Huynh Thanh My

Huỳnh Thanh Mỹ (March 29, 1938 – October 10, 1965) was a Vietnamese photographer working for the Associated Press.[1] While covering a fight between the Viet Cong and SVN Rangers in the Mekong Delta, Huynh Thanh My was wounded in the chest and arm. He was shot while awaiting medical evacuation for his wounds when the Viet Cong overran the makeshift aid station of a South Vietnamese army position. Huynh left behind his 19-year-old widow and seven-month-old daughter. Later his wife and the already 10-year-old daughter were evacuated to Los Angeles when the war ended.[2][3][4][5]

Huynh Thanh My
Born(1938-03-29)March 29, 1938
Long An, Vietnam
DiedOctober 10, 1965(1965-10-10) (aged 27)
Vietnam
Cause of deathKilled in action
NationalityVietnamese
OccupationPhotojournalism

Huỳnh Thanh Mỹ was the older brother of photojournalist Nick Ut.[6]

References
  1. "Nick Ut: The Amazing Saga And The Image That Helped End The Vietnam War". The Leica Camera Blog. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. Do, Anh (21 August 2016). "From Vietnam to Los Angeles: Photographer who captured iconic image on one road sees end of another". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  3. "BBC NEWS - In pictures: The Vietnam War". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  4. "The Associated Press photographer Huynh Thanh My covers a Vietnamese battalion pinned down in a Mekong Delta rice paddy about a month before he was killed in combat on Oct. 10, 1965. (AP PHOTO) - The Vietnam War". Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. "vanityfair, Photographer Who Took Iconic Vietnam Photo Looks Back, 40 Years After the War Ended, Nick Ut's photo of Kim Phuc was a transformative moment in a horrible conflict, by Mark Edward Harris Photographs by Mark Edward Harris, April 3, 2015". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. "Nick Ut Announces Upcoming Retirement: "Nicky Didn't Go To The War, The War Came To Him"". 12 July 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018.


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