Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/30

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Subject: [Leica] Larry Burrows Surfaces, yet again - errata
From: phong at doan-ltd.com (Phong)
Date: Thu Dec 30 07:02:28 2004
 
Marc James Small wrote:
> Burrows did go on to establish quite a reputation as a capable 
> photographer and ended his life, as had Capa, in Viet-Nam, 
> dieing in a tragic incident in 1968. 

Marc,
Larry Burrows died in Laos, (not Vietnam) during the
Lower Laos Campaign, in 1971, not 1968.  Henri Huet
also perished in the same helicopter crash along with
with photographers Kent Potter and Keizaburo Shimamoto.
A friend of my father also died in the same mission.

Regards,

- Phong
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