1969 Photo Contest - News - 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.

About the photographer

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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