Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. Photojournalism allows for a moment in time to be instantaneously captured. What is the photograph of, or what is its title? How might it have impacted Americans after looking at this image?

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This photograph, taken by Eddie Adams, is commonly titled “Saigon Execution.” It shows South Vietnamese General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan shooting Nguyễn Văn Lém during the Vietnam War in 1968. Seeing the moment of violence could have shocked Americans and made the war feel immediate and personal. The image also fueled doubts about the war and strengthened antiwar sentiment.