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The Girl in the Picture: The Kim Phúc Story, the Photograph and the Vietnam War, by Denise Chong, is a 1999 biographical and historical book tracing the life story of Phúc. Chong's historical coverage emphasizes the life, especially the school and family life, of Phúc from before the attack, through convalescence, and into the present time.
In February 1966, Drazba and another nurse, Elizabeth A. Jones, were among the seven American military personnel who died in a helicopter crash northeast of Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, [4] [5] when the helicopter hit electrical lines and burned. [6] Drazba and Jones were the first two American women to die in the Vietnam War.
Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut has spoken out against claims that his famous 1972 photo of a terrified child running from a napalm bomb attack on her village during the Vietnam War ...
Carl Robinson’s wife, who is Vietnamese, claims that 50 years ago it was an open secret among Vietnamese photographers that the photo credit on “Naplam Girl” was stolen.
Vietnam, Killed by friendly artillery fire [15] 1967, May 9: Schuyler, Philippa: American: Manchester Union Leader: Vietnam, Da Nang: Killed when the UH-1 helicopter she was travelling in crashed in the sea near Da Nang [16] 1968, March 4: Ellison, Robert: American: Newsweek: Battle of Khe Sanh: Vietnam, Khe Sanh
Fifty years after "Napalm Girl," photographer Nick Ut and subject Kim Phuc discuss their lifelong bond and the controversies around the iconic photo.
Photographer and VII Photo Agency co-founder Gary Knight led the two-year investigation which culminated in The Stringer; he had heard rumors about the photograph's incorrect credit a decade prior "at a reunion of Vietnam veteran journalists." Specifically, Knight heard it from Carl Robinson, a photo editor in the AP's Saigon bureau in 1972. [5]
Kim Phuc received her final burn treatment, 50 years after she was shown running in agony as napalm burned her skin in South Vietnam.