The girl in the photo at 2 mins 35 sec is now a Canadian citizen and has
appeared in the media here.
See here for an interesting expose on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thi_Kim_Phuc
jh
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From: "Andrew Fildes" <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] B&W and War
>I understand Bob's rant in this matter but there is a technical use of the
>word 'adventure' here and it is a fairly serious criticism, both in actual
>meaning and in implicitly irony. The term 'adventurism' is a heavy charge
>which I think neatly defines the US involvement. It does not diminish the
>appalling consequences.
> And I suspect that Nick Ut's image of the napalmed child had an even
> stronger impact - there was no evasion possible there.
> Andrew Fildes
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> The TLR Compendium
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>
>
> On 06/12/2013, at 7:37 AM, John Hudson wrote:
>
>> The image at 2 mins 13 secs marked the beginning of the irreversible end
>> of
>> the US adventure in Vietnam.
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