How the Vietnam War's Napalm Girl found hope after tragedy

February 21, 2018 8:22 PM

Kim Phuc, photographed after a napalm attack in South Vietnam in 1972, is interviewed on PRI.
posted by gen (4 comments total)

See also: Iconic Image from the Vietnam war.
posted by gen at 8:26 PM on February 21, 2018 [1 favorite]

I was eleven when that photo came out, and it made a huge impression on me. I remember staring at it for hours, not even really able to comprehend that something like that could happen to someone who was still a kid...like me. How could adults allow that to happen to a child? Why didn’t her parents protect her? Those were the things that ran through my mind.

Some of those emotions come flooding back whenever I see the photo.

It’s so wonderful to see that she’s doing so well. She deserves it.
posted by MexicanYenta at 5:31 AM on February 22, 2018 [5 favorites]

I remember going to a demonstration sometime in the 60s or early 70s at the NYC headquarters of Dow Chemicals, the producer of napalm. Here's an interesting account of students staging similar demonstrations and pressuring Dow to stop making napalm.
posted by mareli at 9:13 AM on February 22, 2018

Oh hey, I knew she was a Canadian now, but didn't know Gander was involved, go Gander!
posted by Canageek at 10:41 AM on February 22, 2018