nick ut. they were vietnamese. how they were accepted within the vietnamese communities. because of their determination and eagerness they were accepted but american troops also. but how did you feel with being with the military? >> be it tom opened they were welcomed to the media. they just think they want to you take a picture. but i took a lot of pictures and i never had trouble with the soldiers. they were happy. >> julie's comment today really resonated with me. you go with the units and if they like you and you enjoy being around them. it was said at the time that the press sam the military were fighting each other to say we will never have them back but then with one great distrust of the media the white house level was not happy to see the pictures that nick ut was taking or the analysis of what i was writing professor off fly where they and happy? not because they were inaccurate. in fact, achieve said you can do anything you like as long as it is the truth. if you take one mistake th

level, the white house level as the top pentagon brass were not happy with seeing the pictures that nick ut was taking or seeing the stories, analysis that i was writing and other reporters. why were they unhappy? not because they were inaccurate. in fact, wes gallagher, the ap chief, said you can do anything you like as long as it's the truth. you make one mistake, i can't protect you. and where's gallagher and management did protect us, but they said we want the truth. but the truth hurt the kennedy administration, the johnson administration and the new york stock exchange son administration. and as -- nixon administration. and as i said earlier, they were prevailing upon editors and publishers and news directors to disregard our material. at the level of the soldier, the thousands of stories i wrote from vietnam -- and i was out three weeks every month with the troops for days on end with the marines, the 1st cavalry division -- there was rarely an incident where, where you were even criticized by the local, by the unit commanders of the soldiers. they felt your presence was sort of an i

[laughter] and finally, huynh "nick" cong ut, who was born in vietnam. joined hp in saigon at the age of 14 years old after his brother, who is also an accomplished photographer was killed covering the war. he is best known for the iconic photo that he took of a man running naked and burned from a misdirected their way. many of the photos in tonight's book taken by him. it's an impressive panel of journalists whose experiences total decades and are collected in some small part in this wonderful book. please tell me to give a warm welcome to the photographers of the associated press. [applause] >> okay, we are going to run through some pictures here and have a little conversation appear as well so everyone can see. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [pictures being shown] >> you cannot see the dates there. [inaudible conversations] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [inaudible conversations] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being shown] [pictures being

nick, live in south africa. there has been so many memorials and tribunal utes. what has been happening?e spent most of the day at an th service. we saw jew, muslims and whites. it's important to note that the segregation that the country saw for decades was not only against blacks, but also indians. i spent a lot of time with an indian family. and they talked about how they had to use their own buses. they were segregated as you and i saw photos in the '60s. it was 20 years ago. it was moving for me to talk about their children. they gave me an opportunity, and i was in a woman's house and he showed her children's graduation photos and she was proud that her kids had the opportunity to go to a diverse school and university, and they grew up in an intergrated neighbourhood and schools. that is what nelson mandela's legacy is - whether you're black, white, indian - they had the opportunity that parents didn't have in the last two y have the opportunity to integ grate. all the people i talked to said nelson mandela touched me, gave me the future that my parents never had. nelson mandela wa

ut there are a lot of smart, funny people. if i can get krzysztof to come on more, people would like him. he's very thoughtful and thought provoking. >> nick krzysztof from "the new times"? >> he would only come on every once in a while. he comes on once in a while. he's thought provoking. they don't like it. they don't like the format too much. aggressive. if not angry. vich, sh -- mark leak great guest. dwayne, by the way, would do to make a l me how good show. he feels in radio production before i became radio host. do you kind of rules have that for instance you say no, i'm not doing that. people.ll not do profane there's no vulgarity on my show. i don't -- profanity is fcc but i by the don't like vulgarity and so i stay away from that. i stay away from the salacious. blue radio out there. t's term, for people who want titillating subjects. and it's just not me. it's vulgar. ut other than that, i don't have any role. i'll cover any story interesting to the audience. the audience should win. they don't, they will go across the dial and go to somebody else. to bring an u have a game and do five segments an day, 75 a e hours a week, 300 a

a huge nick ut boarded vietnam's. [applause] joint ap in saigon at the age of 14 after his brother was killed covering some of war. he is known for its the iconic photo brad the naked badly burned from the misdirected air raid and had won a pulitzer prize. and impressive panel of journalists that are collected in and some small parts in of this book please give a warm welcome of the to the photographers of the associated press. [applause] >> we will run through some pictures that we will open it up [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [applause] clearly a at extraordinary selection on the of war in end vietnam which is why we are gathered here this evening. is eric thought it be be useful to put this work into context with the history of the associated press not-for-profit cooperative news organization and did 1846 during the mexican-american war as a way for newspapers to share the cost and logistics of coverage of the conflict has cover just about every