Nguyen Thi Lop, weduwe van Nguyen Van Lem

Nguyen Thi Lop, weduwe van Nguyen Van Lem

Nguyen Thi Lop, weduwe van Nguyen Van Lem(nom-Daguerre, Bay Lop) murdered by General Nguyen Ngoc Loan during the Tet Offensive in Ho Chi Minh City. He was captured whilst attacking the Naval Headquarters in the city. Loan died in the U.S. in 1998. The photographer sent flowers with a card that read, “I’m sorry. There are tears in my eyes.”
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