Bich Nguyen"Former Associated Press photographer Dang Van Phuoc, who was wounded multiple times during the Vietnam War and returned to capture the action even after losing an eye in an explosion, has died. He was 91."
Vietnam War photographer Dang Van Phuoc dies at 91 in Southern California
Former Associated Press photographer Dang Van Phuoc has died at age 91. Phuoc was freelancing in Saigon in 1965 when AP’s photo chief hired him. Phuoc worked for the AP for a decade and was known for being in the thick of the action. He was wounded multiple times during the Vietnam War, including losing his right eye in a 1969 grenade explosion. Yet he still returned to work. Phuoc, his wife and two children escaped during the fall of Saigon in 1975. He worked briefly for AP’s Hong Kong bureau before settling in Southern California.