Terror of War

Terror of War

Photograph

Nick Ut

Maker
Vietnamese-American, b. 1951

Terror of War

1972
Gelatin silver print, printed 1988
Image: 15 3/8 × 19 3/16 in. (39.1 × 48.7 cm)
Gift of The Associated Press, 1988
1988.0398.0029
Inscriptions verso-(stamped) "11 49"
(in pencil) "A72"
TextSouth Vietnamese forces following terrified children fleeing down Route 1, near Trang Bang, South Vietnam, June 8, after an accidental aerial napalm strike. Girl at center had ripped off her burning clothes.

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