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World Press Photo of the Year: 1972

>(Nick) Ut Cong Huynh, Vietnam, The Associated Press.

Trangbang, South Vietnam, 8 June 1972.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc (center) flees from the scene where South Vietnamese planes have mistakenly dropped napalm.

 

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Nick Ut remembers how this (now famous) little girl pulled off her burning clothes, screaming, "Nong qua!" (Too hot!), and how he poured water from his canteen on her to cool her off, after which he put all the kids in his van and took them to Cu Chi Hospital.

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