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1969 Photo Contest, News, Singles, 2nd prize
Photographer

Horst Faas

The Associated Press

11 April, 1969

A Vietnamese woman cries over the body of her dead husband, who was discovered with 47 others in a mass grave. Remnants of the corpse were wrapped in plastic. She identified her husband by examining teeth and covered the skull with her hat.

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Horst Faas

German photographer Horst Faas (1933-2012) joined The Asssociated Press (AP) in 1956, becoming AP's chief photographer for Southeast Asia in 1962. He was based in Saigon, Vietnam...

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