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[Lew Simons]

Carl,

Thanks for the inside view of the ugly way that AP treated Phuoc. I was one of those newcomers to Danang whom he helped and was very fond of him.

Wondering how he and his wife managed in California. Did he work as a photographer?

Cheers,

Lew

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Dang Van Phuoc: Discarded in Life, Claimed in Death.

Donald Kirk <kirkd...@gmail.com>: Jun 07 09:12AM -0400 Thanks for adding to the picture. Saw the AP obituary: Vietnam War phot <https://apnews.com/article/dang-van-phuoc-vietnam-war-photographer-death-a0437a3e4e09b32c482ae24ee3bdf2b8>ographer Dang Van Phuoc dies at 91 in Southern California | AP News <https://apnews.com/article/dang-van-phuoc-vietnam-war-photographer-death-a0437a3e4e09b32c482ae24ee3bdf2b8> It's [pretty good -- though bereft of the inner story that you provided. Seems he wound up doing well in California after all he had endured. RIP.     On Sun, Jun 7, 2026 at 6:19 AM Carl Robinson from Carl Robinson <

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[Denis Gray]

Carl/Lew

     Ditto about AP's treatment of Phuoc. He was as brave and talented as the Western shooters who got all the glory, and better than some of them. Best Denis

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[Jim Caccavo]

Carl put  me in touch with Phuoc in 1977 when he was living in Burbank with  Hoa &  their children, Dem & Tuan.   He was at the time working at Spectra color lab in Burbank where he eventually became manager.  I helped Phuoc st up a studio and  get a good deal on a Hassleblad camera system  to do portraits.  He  still believed AP would call him back, but as I wrote in the attached story, the phone never rang.   The published  NPPA newsletter  was. sent to Peter Arnettt in NY who was passing it around AP when he was told to cease  his activity. Later Arnett left AP where he became a CNN  star war  correspondent.  I remained  close friends with Phuoc & Hoa for  many years  with them eventually buying a house in Walnut, CA. Tragedy  struck in the  1990s  when Tuan, then 19,  died suddenly  in his sleep of a brain. aneurysm.   The family  was  devastated  and became  very withdrawn.  I didn't see Phuoc again until 1994.   Phuoc was buried next to his son, Tuan.

jim caccavo

american red cross photographer, Viet Nam, 1968-1970, newsweek, 1969-1970

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enis Gray's memoir, Lost Horizons

Carl Robinson <robinso...@gmail.com>: Jun 09 07:23AM +1000 It's my pleasure to pass along this message from Denis Gray about his

It's a good book and a particularly good read. I have always said that Denis was the best writer among us and the book proves that as did almost all of his post-war work, particularly with nature.

Every reporter believes he has a world-shaking tome within him and every once in a while, one of them is right.

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