Iconic 'napalm girl' photo from the Vietnam War turns 40

[cali]

TRANG BANG, Vietnam – In the picture, the girl will always be 9 years old and wailing "Too hot! Too hot!" as she runs down the road away from her burning Vietnamese village.


She will always be naked after blobs of sticky napalm melted through her clothes and layers of skin like jellied lava.

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It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image 40 years ago. It communicated the horrors of the Vietnam War in a way words could never describe, helping to end one of the most divisive wars in American history.

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But beneath the photo lies a lesser-known story. It's the tale of a dying child brought together by chance with a young photographer. A moment captured in the chaos of war that would be both her savior and her curse on a journey to understand life's plan for her.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-06-02/napalm-girl-photo-vietnam/55347678/1

[palouseman]

1. wow

That was one of those photos that gave a nudge to history.

[Skinner]

6. Welcome to DU, palouseman.

[Bandit]

2. Something doesn't add up

If she just turned forty and was nine years old at the time, that would have been 31 years ago. Thirty one years ago was 1981.. The war ended in 1975

[Voice for Peace]

3. I think it's the photo that has turned 40

"It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image 40 years ago."

[napoleon_in_rags]

4. The photo turned forty. Taken in 1972.

So she's 49.

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[TexasProgresive]

5. Here she is then at 9 and now at 49

[CBGLuthier]

7. I always thought that picture represented the truest demonstration of american foreign policy.

We will burn the whole world alive to further our mindless greed.