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We took a great deal of pride in what we did, what we were doing, and we had the tightest bunch of people of anybody here. There were stories about people of the networks fighting amongst themselves and not speaking to each other, this kind of thing. At the AP we never had this problem. We had a philosophy where people came in, they checked their egos at the door and if that didn't happen, then they soon learned that we were working together and nobody could be a prima donna or work on their own. That worked for everybody, even the stars of the AP knew that and that is what made it a strong bureau.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Richard Pyle, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003eRichard Pyle was an AP reporter for much of the war and went back to visit his old office on this trip.\u003cbr/\u003eHe is currently working for the Associated Press in New York.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"All the sadness and all the other elements of it helped to make it one of the greatest story of the decade and one of the greatest stories of the 20th century and the fact that I was here gives me solace and comfort every day, I wouldn't trade it for anything.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Richard Pyle, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003eAnother party took place Friday...this one for Vietnamese veterans of the conflict.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough they considered themselves on the other side of the war from AP's Nick Ut, they welcomed him to take pictures at their party.\u003cbr/\u003eTime has healed many old wounds, but grim memories still haunt many who documented the struggle.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"When you are a photo journalist, the war your story every every day. I cover, I very enjoy cover the war, but in fact I see people die every day. I say when the war will stop? I see the people, every time I go to my assignment, I see the body everywhere, I say please war be stopped soon. I don't want any more war. I hate war.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Nick Ut, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003eUt, who now takes pictures out of AP's Los Angeles bureau, lost his brother in the war.\u003cbr/\u003eHis brother was a photographer for the AP as well.\u003cbr/\u003eNick worked alongside George Esper, who remained in Vietnam even after the war's end.\u003cbr/\u003eGeorge founded AP's new Hanoi bureau in 1994, almost twenty years after the war ended.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"It was an exhilarating story. You would go through this period of great fear when you were in trouble in the field. And then you would have this period of exhilaration feeling what a great story, I've got to write this story right now. And seeing my friends die, like Henri Yu and Nick Ut's brother, and others to me it is something that has affected me all of my life.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: George Esper, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003eAP moved the details of the war and also most of the memorable images.\u003cbr/\u003eThis woman is the widow of the man in the picture, a member of the Viet Cong who was executed by South Vietnamese security forces.\u003cbr/\u003eThis photo not only shocked the world but also informed her about her husband's fate.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese)\u003cbr/\u003e\"A friend of mine brought me the newspaper and then I found out what had happened to my husband.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Nguyen Thi Lop, War Widow\u003cbr/\u003eJacques Chaudensson covered the war for an international television agency.\u003cbr/\u003eHe describes the mood on April 30, 1975 as strange with no one knowing exactly what to anticipate until the liberation forces finally arrived.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (French)\u003cbr/\u003e\"And then there was this unbelievable scene of the South Vietnamese army where the soldiers would take off their uniforms and lay their weapons and then walk away as civilians, mixing with the crowd.\" \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Jacques Chaudensson, Retired Journalist\u003cbr/\u003eJournalists all select their favourite moments in the euphoria of the end of the war.\u003cbr/\u003eTheir coverage stands as a unique record in journalism.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"I see very happy, I a cannot say anything now.\u003cbr/\u003eQ- You think it's right to stop fighting?\u003cbr/\u003eA- Yes that's all right yes because the Vietnamese people are fighting more than 25 years now so now that we stop fighting I am happy, very happy.\"   \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: voxpop\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"One South Vietnamese police officer, lieutenant-colonel, as I approached him he was going \"Finit, Finit\" his eyes were crazed, and I was telling myself there is something wrong with this guy. He was fingering his holstered pistol and I thought he was going to shoot me. There was tremendous resentment there by the Vietnamese, they thought the Americans had treated them badly by abandoning them. But instead he raised the pistol to his own head and shot himself. He lay there fatally wounded just a few feet away from me.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: George Esper, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003eOf course, there was so much more than the finish to the war for those journalism veterans of the Vietnam conflict.\u003cbr/\u003eBeing in the middle of battles, taking the same risk as soldiers elevated their profession.\u003cbr/\u003eAnd the images they brought back shaped world opinion.\u003cbr/\u003eNick Ut's famous photo of the Vietnamese girl burned by napalm won him the Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE: (English)\u003cbr/\u003e\"When we said we lost, we lost the country, I was so sad, I went to call all my family my friends, I don't know when I come back but today I am back home to see my family to see all the people, the war is over.\"    \u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Nick Ut, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003eBut now they return to a land at peace and can enjoy taking their time in helping the world understand the war that gripped the world for a decade.\u003cbr/\u003eHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam, April 29 2000 and File \u003cbr/\u003eHo Chi Minh City, April 29 2000\u003cbr/\u003e1. Interior various of journalists reunion\u003cbr/\u003e2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Pyle, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003e3. Pyle entering building\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Pyle, Associated Press \u003cbr/\u003e5. Vietnamese veterans at party \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close shot of photographer taking photograph\u003cbr/\u003e7. Vietnamese veterans at party singing \u003cbr/\u003e8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Ut, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003e9. Wide of veterans reunion \u003cbr/\u003e10. Ut covering\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Esper, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of war widow Nguyen Thi Lop\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (Vietnamese) Nguyen Thi Lop, War Widow\u003cbr/\u003e14. Establisher of Chaudensson\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jacques Chaudensson, Retired Journalist\u003cbr/\u003eFile\u003cbr/\u003e16. Various file footage of Vietnamese soldiers\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE: (English - vox pop) Vietnamese soldier at the end of the war  \u003cbr/\u003eHo Chi Minh City, April 29 2000\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) George Esper, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003eFile\u003cbr/\u003e19. Black and white footage of Vietnam war\u003cbr/\u003eHo Chi Minh City, April 29 2000\u003cbr/\u003e20. Award winning photograph\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Ut, Associated Press\u003cbr/\u003e22. 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