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Phan Thi Kim Phuc, also known as the girl in the picture or the napalm girl, is a Canadian woman who was severely burned by a South Vietnamese napalm attack in 1972. She survived and became an author, a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and a founder of a foundation for child war victims.
Steven Cabbot Thomas was a U.S. soldier who participated in the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a Vietnamese woman in 1966. He was convicted of unpremeditated murder and paroled in 1970, and later involved in a white supremacist trial in 1991.
Hanoi Hannah was a Vietnamese radio personality who broadcast North Vietnamese propaganda to US soldiers during the Vietnam War. Learn about her life, career, and legacy from this Wikipedia article.
Fifty years after "Napalm Girl," photographer Nick Ut and subject Kim Phuc discuss their lifelong bond and the controversies around the iconic photo.
Kim Phuc received her final burn treatment, 50 years after she was shown running in agony as napalm burned her skin in South Vietnam.
Learn about the 627 young American women who served as morale boosters for troops in Vietnam as part of the American Red Cross Supplemental Recreation Overseas Program. The film features interviews, photos, and home movies from their one-year tours and reunion.
Catherine Leroy (1944-2006) was a French photojournalist and war photographer who covered the Vietnam War and other conflicts. She won the George Polk Award, photographed the Fall of Saigon and the Tet Offensive, and was the first woman to join a combat parachute jump.
Burst of Joy is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by Slava Veder of Lt Col Robert L. Stirm reunited with his family after five years in captivity in Vietnam. The photo shows his daughter Lorrie's exuberant reaction, but the reunion was an unhappy one for Stirm, who divorced his wife soon after.