Treasonous press long time running....

[pmclaine]

Was promoting visit of a local Military Museum in another thread and while doing so came across these photos.....

This is Paul Galanti, USN, being used as a propaganda piece by the NVA during the VN War.....

If you look closely he is indicating he is not happy with his captivity and despite his seemingly hopeless situation he has the will to resist.

This guy is a stud.


This is how Life used this photo....

Apparently they saw what the NVA could not and helped to clean up their effort to propagandize how US POWS were being treated humanely in captivity.

Perhaps the Military had LIFE censor the middle fingers out of the photo to protect the prisoner but Im thinking the press wanted to assist their NVA allies as best they could.

 

[FS1]

Back then if you posted a picture of that you would be in big trouble. Remember, back then TV married couples bedrooms were shown with twin beds. They would never print the bird.

 

[Yasherka]

If you always think the worst about the media, you will never be surprised

 

[pmclaine]

Back then if you posted a picture of that you would be in big trouble. Remember, back then TV married couples bedrooms were shown with twin beds. They would never print the bird.

Good point, but there is a time and a place for some things and some topics will require adult language.

Im pretty motivated 50 years on by his courage.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Yea, but they sure liked rotten cunt on the AAA gun. Many wanted to tag her ass, but made the mistake of asking for permission.

 

[Inifinty]

Normalcy bias and plausible deniability were our downfall

Not everything is a conspiracy, but in a world full of them it's hard to tell what is and what isn't

I noticed a while back that the Clark Kent/Superman/journalist relationship has been milked for every last cent

Deviation from the programming can be bitter

 

[cornhusker86]

Yea, but they sure liked rotten cunt on the AAA gun. Many wanted to tag her ass, but made the mistake of asking for permission.

I heard a rumor once that she was actually working for the CIA during that trip. I didn't buy it at the time and still don't. I will admit that if it's even remotely true, her acting abilities are better than I realized.

 

[diverdon]

Back then if you posted a picture of that you would be in big trouble. Remember, back then TV married couples bedrooms were shown with twin beds. They would never print the bird.

Paul Galanti, posed for a picture taken without his consent. Each of us own if nothing else our own bodies. To alter and misrepresent his pose is a form of ultimate copyright violation. Life should have been put out of business by the law suit.

 

[FS1]

If you remember the Pueblo all those guys did the same thing. When NK asked them what it meant they said it was a sign of respect. So NK released the photos. When NK found out it meant the opposite those guys got their asses kicked.

If They did not want to post that pic with the birds they should have black barred it not edited it.

 

[ArmyJerry]

Could have been done at ghe request of the navy so as not to piss off king rat McCain

 

[Redmanss]

They proclaim reporting facts, but that has always been a lie. Advertising dollars and elitist agenda has always been their goal, never the facts.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

I heard a rumor once that she was actually working for the CIA during that trip. I didn't buy it at the time and still don't. I will admit that if it's even remotely true, her acting abilities are better than I realized.


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I doubt she worked as a spook as at that time her an her father & brother had a major falling out, an I think she was just looking for attention. There was a pilot that did not toe over the line over her, an was quietly set back to the big PX. That caused more issues than rotten cunt,....

 

[EddieNFL]

Back then if you posted a picture of that you would be in big trouble. Remember, back then TV married couples bedrooms were shown with twin beds. They would never print the bird.

The photo of Phan Thị Kim Phúc was published.

 

[Gunfighter14e2]

Was promoting visit of a local Military Museum in another thread and while doing so came across these photos.....

This is Paul Galanti, USN, being used as a propaganda piece by the NVA during the VN War.....

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If you look closely he is indicating he is not happy with his captivity and despite his seemingly hopeless situation he has the will to resist.

This guy is a stud.


This is how Life used this photo....

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Apparently they saw what the NVA could not and helped to clean up their effort to propagandize how US POWS were being treated humanely in captivity.

Perhaps the Military had LIFE censor the middle fingers out of the photo to protect the prisoner but Im thinking the press wanted to assist their NVA allies as best they could.

McStain should have been shot as soon as he stepped of the POW plane,...

 

[pmclaine]

Could have been done at ghe request of the navy so as not to piss off king rat McCain

Probably.

Would have made the photos of his son blowing the NVA captors kind of unseemly.