The World's Youngest War Photographer

Lỗ Mạnh Hùng was only eleven years old when he begin to run into dangerous situations instead of away from them. That was in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) in 1967. That's how Hùng became the youngest war photographer ever. He came by his skills honestly, as his father was also a photojournalist. But Hùng was small enough to wiggle his way through a crowd to get the best shot of whatever was happening, and he sold his photos to news organizations for more than enough to support the family during wartime. He made a name for himself by getting the images of the Tet Offensive in 1968.

Lỗ Mạnh Hùng managed to board a helicopter and escape Saigon in 1975 when the North Vietnamese triumphantly invaded the city. Read about the life of the world's youngest war photographer and what ultimately happened to him at Rare Historical Photos. -via Damn Interesting