Dang Van Phuoc Obit

FILE - Troops of the 1st Battalion 5th Cavalry land southeast of Khe Sanh, near Hill 549 in Vietnam, April 1968.

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Dang Van Phuoc, AP combat photographer who lost an eye in the Vietnam War, dies at 91

Dang Van Phuoc, AP combat photographer who lost an eye in the Vietnam War, dies at 91

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.