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- 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. (en)
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- Alexander Shimkin after he was arrested for civil rights activity in Alabama in 1965 (en)
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- Quảng Trị Province, Vietnam (en)
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- https://www.newseum.org/exhibits/online/journalists-memorial/#main/?view_4_search=shimkin&view_4_page=1 Alexander Shimkin in Vietnam. Source: Newseum Journalists Memorial. Photo courtesy of E. Shimkin-Sorock. (en)
- http://lh3.ggpht.com/_HBVKhiKXg8k/SbSnWDS-NNI/AAAAAAAAC_4/RhpxiVxczgE/6kimRunsBehBUR720506_23_33.jpg.jpeg Author Denise Chong believes that the man in this photo by David Burnett may be Alexander Shimkin. Source: Contact Press Images. (en)
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- investigating non-combatant casualties in Operation Speedy Express (en)
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- was one of the most informative and powerful experiences of my life.'' (en)
- I have no right to be exempt from making sacrifices overseas. (en)
- ''Anything which is accomplished through making other people afraid is (en)
- saying, especially when they did not know he understood Vietnamese, (en)
- wrong. ... Anything which deprives other people of their dignity is wrong.'' (en)
- ''Alex Shimkin opened my eyes and showed me things about the war that (en)
- and listening to him tell me what Vietnamese in the Mekong Delta were (en)
- I had missed even after nearly four years in Vietnam. Traveling with him (en)
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- --Alexander D. Shimkin. Taken from his International Voluntary Services (en)
- application by Mike Benge and Thomas Russell and posted at http://northwestvets.com/op-baby.htm. (en)
- --Kevin P. Buckley. Quoted by Nick Turse in "The Vietnam Exposé That Wasn't", The Nation, (en)
- --Alexander D. Shimkin, oral history interview, 1965. (en)
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- 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. (en)
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