Alexander D. Shimkin
Alexander Demitri "Alex" Shimkin (October 11, 1944 – July 12, 1972) was an American war correspondent who was killed in Vietnam. He is notable for his investigation of non-combatant casualties in Operation Speedy Express.
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Alexander D. Shimkin
Alexander Demitri "Alex" Shimkin (October 11, 1944 – July 12, 1972) was an American war correspondent who was killed in Vietnam. He is notable for his investigation of non-combatant casualties in Operation Speedy Express.
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1944-10-11
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Washington, D.C.
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Alexander Shimkin after he was arrested for civil rights activity in Alabama in 1965
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1972-07-12
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Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam
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http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_94MH ...... t perspective. Source: Corbis.
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http://lh3.ggpht.com/_HBVKhiKX ...... Source: Contact Press Images.
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https://www.newseum.org/exhibi ...... courtesy of E. Shimkin-Sorock.
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investigating non-combatant casualties in Operation Speedy Express
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Alexander Demitri Shimkin
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''Alex Shimkin opened my eyes and showed me things about the war that
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''Anything which is accomplished through making other people afraid is
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I had missed even after nearly four years in Vietnam. Traveling with him
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I have no right to be exempt from making sacrifices overseas.
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and listening to him tell me what Vietnamese in the Mekong Delta were
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saying, especially when they did not know he understood Vietnamese,
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was one of the most informative and powerful experiences of my life.''
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wrong. ... Anything which deprives other people of their dignity is wrong.''
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--Alexander D. Shimkin, oral history interview, 1965.
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--Alexander D. Shimkin. Taken from his International Voluntary Services
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--Kevin P. Buckley. Quoted by ...... posé That Wasn't", The Nation,
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application by Mike Benge and ...... northwestvets.com/op-baby.htm.
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