Napalm Girl Iconic Photo to Life Lived

[RicInOR]

Some photos are iconic. Napalm Girl is one.

It would be disturbing for some.

Spoiler: Napalm Girl

New York Times story titled "It's Been 50 Years. I Am Not 'Napalm Girl' Anymore," by the woman who was the girl in that photo.

here is another link:

It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore.

I grew up in the small village of Trang Bang in South Vietnam. My mother said I laughed a lot as a young girl. We led a simple life with an abundance of food, since my family had a farm and my mom ran the best restaurant in town. I remember loving school and playing with my cousins and the other...

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From the Photographer:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/02/nick-ut-vietnam-war-photo-kim-phuc/

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[Xaevian]

It is disturbing to me, but an important image. War absolutely sucks. The images of war orphans and their stories from the Serb-Croat war are burned forever in my mind.

That war never got the attention like the one in Ukraine is getting. One of the reasons I left the service.

Thanks for sharing, even if it does hurt. People need to know.