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Divernan

(15,480 posts)
7. Iconic photo of naked Vietnamese girl burned by napalm
Fri Jul 18, 2014, 07:51 AM
Jul 2014

was featured on the front page of the New York Times the day after it was taken and inflamed opposition to the war both in the US and abroad. It later earned a Pulitzer Prize and was chosen as the World Press Photo of the Year for 1972. The Times editors were at first hesitant to consider the photo for publication because of the nudity, but eventually approved it.

The U.S. Govt. learned the lesson, since applied, to tightly control the media's access to war coverage. That's why I rely on international press coverage.

After snapping the photograph, Ut took Kim Phuc and the other injured children to Barsky Hospital in Saigon, where it was determined that her burns were so severe that she probably would not survive. After a 14-month hospital stay and 17 surgical procedures, however, she was able to return home. Ut continued to visit her until he was evacuated during the fall of Saigon.

Adult life
As a young adult, while studying medicine, Phúc was removed from her university and used as a propaganda symbol by the communist government of Vietnam. In 1986, however, she was granted permission to continue her studies in Cuba. She had converted from her family's Cao Đài religion to Christianity four years earlier.[11] Phạm Văn Đồng, the then-Prime Minister of Vietnam, became her friend and patron. After arriving in Cuba, she met Bui Huy Toan, another Vietnamese student and her future fiancé. In 1992, Phúc and Toan married and went on their honeymoon in Moscow. During a refuelling stop in Gander, Newfoundland, they left the plane and asked for political asylum in Canada, which was granted. The couple now lives in Ajax, Ontario near Toronto,[12] and have two children. In 1996, Phúc met the surgeons who had saved her life. The following year, she passed the Canadian Citizenship Test with a perfect score and became a Canadian citizen.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_Thi_Kim_Phuc
I'm so sorry for your loss. vanlassie Jul 2014 #1
thank you barbtries Jul 2014 #2
I think those who want to see should be able to see malaise Jul 2014 #3
thanks malaise barbtries Jul 2014 #33
I, too, am conflicted. Ineeda Jul 2014 #4
that's my thinking barbtries Jul 2014 #39
I think overtime it would only desensitize more Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #5
Desensitization is a psychological defense - just the headlines LiberalElite Jul 2014 #9
Sure. All things can desensitize Boom Sound 416 Jul 2014 #13
Condolences Scarsdale Jul 2014 #6
let's hope so. barbtries Jul 2014 #34
Iconic photo of naked Vietnamese girl burned by napalm Divernan Jul 2014 #7
It's not so much the graphic explicitness that works, but the depiction of horrible emotion... cascadiance Jul 2014 #24
excellent analysis of the psychology involved - thank you! Divernan Jul 2014 #25
there was a picture that i felt accomplished that barbtries Jul 2014 #40
wow barbtries Jul 2014 #36
I agree very much with your post and the OP BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #38
my point exactly. barbtries Jul 2014 #41
It's part of the plan I think BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #43
i think so too. barbtries Jul 2014 #49
I hope so too BrotherIvan Jul 2014 #50
I wrote a paper on that photo in high school. DemocraticWing Jul 2014 #57
Isn't that how the antiwar movements in the 60s-70s Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #8
Vietnam was the last time reporters really showed what was going on. tecelote Jul 2014 #19
that, maybe, barbtries Jul 2014 #32
Having once had a front row seat for war The Wizard Jul 2014 #10
Kent State HockeyMom Jul 2014 #18
It was a compelling picture. kiva Jul 2014 #61
+1 DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 #20
you must know better than me barbtries Jul 2014 #42
americans, by and large heaven05 Jul 2014 #11
i am so sorry for your loss barbtries Jul 2014 #44
yes. European friends comment on how protected American children are. grasswire Jul 2014 #52
Sorry for your loss, only time helps, heaping amounts are required! Lost my son in 93, still hurts, Dustlawyer Jul 2014 #12
something i hadn't considered, barbtries Jul 2014 #31
After World War II, Eisenhower made available to every movie theater Stuart G Jul 2014 #14
i just put it at number 1 barbtries Jul 2014 #46
You would have remembered the awful sad music.. Stuart G Jul 2014 #53
I agree Barb - TBF Jul 2014 #15
thank you TBF barbtries Jul 2014 #37
Yes we should Capt. Obvious Jul 2014 #16
yep. short of being there barbtries Jul 2014 #47
I feel as conflicted... ReRe Jul 2014 #17
i agree barbtries Jul 2014 #30
Business Insider yesterday, posted at least one photo MerryBlooms Jul 2014 #21
thank you MerryBlooms barbtries Jul 2014 #29
As a nurse TNNurse Jul 2014 #22
absolutely true, every word. barbtries Jul 2014 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author lostincalifornia Jul 2014 #26
You Can't Judge War By Keeping One Eye Closed grilled onions Jul 2014 #27
This is what I see as the usefulness of putting the upaloopa Jul 2014 #28
War would end if the dead could return. Stanley Baldwin Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2014 #35
the images of people trapped in buildings on 9/11 and falling have never left me JI7 Jul 2014 #45
yeah. barbtries Jul 2014 #48
wow, i can't imagine what you would have went through JI7 Jul 2014 #51
The Press had a large part in ending the Viet Nam war Jake2413 Jul 2014 #54
You are very wise. Thanks barbtries. Scuba Jul 2014 #55
thank you Scuba barbtries Jul 2014 #56
I agree with your take on it. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #58
thanks Uncle Joe barbtries Jul 2014 #59
She was a beautiful young lady. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #60
thanks. inside and out barbtries Jul 2014 #63
This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jul 2014 #62
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