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Malcolm W. Browne (born 1933) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and photographer. His best known work is the award-winning photograph of the self-immolation of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc in 1963.
Browne's career in journalism began when he was drafted during the Korean War [1], and assigned to the Pacific edition of the Stars and Stripes. He subsequently joined the Associated Press and worked in Baltimore from 1959 to 1961, at which point he was made chief correspondent for Indochina.
In 1968, he joined The New York Times, and in 1972 became its correspondent for South America. In 1977, he became a science writer, and served as a senior editor for Discover, returning to the Times in 1985. In 1991, he covered the Persian Gulf War.
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- Browne, Malcolm W. Muddy Boots and Red Socks, Random House: New York, 1993, ISBN 0812963520 (autobiography)
- Saigon's Finale (article on U.S. military defeat in Vietnam)
- The New Face of War (Bobbs-Merrill,Indianapolis, 1965) ISBN-10: 055325894X. Ground-breaking account of tactics in the Viet Nam War.
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