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8th June 1972: Nick Ut takes his harrowing photo of Vietnamese girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, running from napalm

8th June 2020
Tagged as: Chemical warfare, Children, Civilians, Cold War, Communism, Napalm, Vietnam, War

On the 8^th June 1972 one of the most iconic photographs of the Vietnam War was taken of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, a nine-year-old girl from the South Vietnamese village of Trang Bang.

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8th June 1972: Nick Ut takes his harrowing photo of Vietnamese girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, running from napalm

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