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Major General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, a South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police, became widely known for the summary execution of a Viet Cong member named Nguyễn Văn Lém during the Tet Offensive in 1968. This incident was captured by journalists and became iconic images in American journalism. Despite being accused of war crimes, US President Jimmy Carter intervened to stop deportation proceedings against Loan.