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3 unusual facts about Frank Palmos


Frank Palmos

He was the sole survivor of a Viet Cong ambush of five western war correspondents in Cholon on 5 May 1968 during the second Tet Offensive.

While reporting he accompanied 33 land sea and air missions from bases in Da Nang, Saigon and Nha Trang.

Later, Palmos served as a foundation trustee for the Indochina Media Memorial Foundation and was a contributor to the book 'Requiem' (Random House 1997) edited by Horst Faas and Tim Page, as a memorial to 135 photographers and correspondents killed in the Indochina Wars ending in 1975.



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