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Fifty Years Later, Kim Phuc Phan Thi Is More Than ‘Napalm Girl’ | Smart News
Kim Phuc Phan Thi, the female depicted in the 1972 photograph The Terror of War, and photographer Nick Ut in 2022 Image by Mondadori Portfolio by using Getty Photographs On June 8, 1972, Nick Ut, a Vietnamese photographer for the Involved Push, snapped just one of the most legendary images of the Vietnam War. Formally titled The Terror of War, the photograph is identified colloquially as “Napalm Girl” for its major matter: Kim Phuc Phan Thi, who is revealed as a terrified, naked 9-12 months-old fleeing a lethal napalm attack. This month, the well-known picture turns 50. To mark the situation, Phan Thi, now 59 and living in Ontario, Canada, wrote…