The Vietnam War knows many tragedies, some more familiar than others. A photograph of a young girl running naked down a road, her skin on fire with napalm, changed the way the world looked at the Vietnam War, and at all wars. The girl in the picture is Kim Phuc. Phuc was badly burned, she was not expected to live. When Vietnam veterans invited her to participate at a service in Washington, as part of a Veteran’s Day observance, Phuc shared her experience to help others heal from the pain of war. Phuc’s incredible story was turned into a book called The Girl in the Picture and a documentary called Kim’s Story: The Road from Vietnam. AP photo Nick Ut
Session: The Girl in the Picture