I've been familiar with "tank man" as a meme specifically in reference to the famous photograph. PBS Frontline ran a great documentary in 2009 on the photo and

I've been familiar with "tank man" as a meme specifically in reference to the famous photograph. PBS Frontline ran a great documentary in 2009 on the photo and its subject, titled "The Tank Man": https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tankman/