How to Pronounce Huynh Thanh My
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Mar 29, 1938 Long An, Vietnam Died on 10 Oct 1965 (aged 27)
Vietnamese photojournalist
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About Huynh Thanh My
- Hu?nh Thanh M? (March 29, 1938 – October 10, 1965) was a Vietnamese photographer working for the Associated Press.
- 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.Hu?nh Thanh M? was the older brother of photo-journalist Nick Ut.
- His younger brother was hired by the AP in 1965 and covered the rest of the war, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1973.
