Robert Capa´s death in Indochina
Robert
Capa
fue corresponsal de guerra que emocionó al mundo con sus fotos de combates y
batallas con su Leica. Aquí el
artículo que sacó la revista Life al
momento de su muerte en Indochina (sureste de Asia).
¿Se imaginan haber pasado por la Guerra Civil Española o la Primera
Guerra en Indochina? La cantidad de anécdotas que puede haber tenido. También
viajó por la Unión Soviética,
mostrando la vida de este monstruo asiático.
Más abajo investigamos
sobre communiqué y en vocabulario encontramos relieve.
Robert Capa –who had survived the dangers of 18 years
of war –was killed. He was the first U.S. correspondent killed in Indochina and
the first Life war photographer ever killed in line of duty…
Capa durante la Guerra Civil Española
Paragraphs
Robert Capa, most famous war photographer of his
generation, flew into Indochina early in May to report the war for Life, first
at Luang Prabang, then in… On May 25 in the delta´s fluid front line he stepped
on a land mine. And so, on an operation so routine that it rated only three
lines in a communiqué, Robert Capa –who had survived the dangers of 18
years of war –was killed. He was the first U.S. correspondent killed in
Indochina and the first Life war photographer ever killed in line of duty.
Born André Friedmann in Budapest 40 years ago, he
invented the name of Capa shortly after he left Hungary at 18. He soon was
wrapped in a legendary mantle of bohemianism. He scorned possessions and was
devoted to the ideals of freedom; he frequently lacked cash and always loved
good living; he poured mock insults on his friends –and unexpected kindnesses.
In World War II even generals came to respect him for his knowledge of tactics.
(The late Brig. General Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Bob knows more about the
art of war than many four-star generals”). Combat soldiers revered him for his
relaxed unbelievable bravery in desperate situations.
At Capa´s last war pictures were flown to Life for
publication on these pages, his flag-draped coffin awaited its journey from
Hanoi back to his chosen land, and a distinguished career that had spanned four
wars and ended with an ominous fifth, was closed.
Not long ago Robert Capa announced he was “happy to
be an unemployed war photographer” and hoped to stay so for the rest of his
life. Specializing in peaceful subjects, he remained one of the world´s top
photographers.
Circumstances surrounding the beginning and end of
his career, however, make it inevitable that his professional biography is
written mostly in his great war pictures. It began with Spain in 1936 where
22-year-old Capa took a picture that made him famous almost overnight. He left
Spain for China to cover the fight against Japan, eventually came to the U.S.
In London he reported the 1941 blitz, later went with U.S. troops to North
Africa and Italy where he photographed the mourning Neapolitan mothers. He got
back to England in time to land on a Normandy beach on D-day, 10 years ago this
month. He went on to the siege of Bastogne and the Rhine. In Israel in 1948 he
saw his fourth war –his next to last.
He
said: “This is going to be a beautiful story.
By John Mecklin (Time-Life
correspondent who was with Capa on his last mission)
In the bug-ridden room of a Nam Dinh establishment…
Bob Capa sucked a glass of warm cognac and soda and made a pronouncement: “This
is maybe the last good war. The trouble with all you guys who complain so much
about French public relations is that you don´t appreciate this is a reporter´s
war. Nobody knows anything and nobody tells you anything, and that means a good
reporter is free to go out and get a heat every day.”
Capa and I had been touring French outposts in the
besieged Red River Delta with general René Cogny, French commander in northern
Vietnam. Next day we were going out with a 2,000-man task force which was to relieve, then evacuate, two garrisons some 50 miles south of
Hanoi. Capa prepared for the mission with professional finesse; a thermos of
iced tea, a jug of cognac, a jeep promoted from a French colonel, everything
except matches. Capa never had matches, presumably because other people could
be counted on for such obvious items…
I was making notes on this when a helmeted soldier
arrived and spoke to the lieutenant in Vietnamese. Without a trace of emotion
the lieutenant said, “Le photographe est mort”. I understood the words but they
didn´t register and I said, “Pardon?” The lieutenant repeated the sentence in
the same flat voice. This time the words registered, but I was certain I had
misunderstood and said to Lucas almost as a joke, “This guy´s trying to tell me
Capa´s dead”... (From Life, International
Edition, June 28, 1954)
Paracaidistas franceses en Indochina
Para saber
One example of a message is a communiqué (pronounced /kəˈmjuːnᵻkeɪ/),
which is a brief report or statement released by a public agency.
Vocabulario
Relieve
/rɪˈliːv/:
to take the place of someone and continue doing their job or duties:
I'm on duty until 2 p.m. and then Peter is coming to
relieve me.
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