It’s June 8, 1972 and bombs come raining from the sky in a village called Trang Bang, just 50 kilometres northwest of Ho Chi Minh City (then it was called Saigon). 50 years ago, today, a photo was snapped featuring a 9 year old called Phan Thi Kim Phuc. The photo became not only an indelible image representing the worst of the Vietnam War (called Kháng chiến chống Mỹ – the “Resistance war against the United States” – in Vietnam). Indeed, the photo is one of the most iconic images of the 20th century. The photo was taken by Associated Press contract […]
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