Article 60ZE5 ‘Napalm girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc receives final burn treatment after 50 years

‘Napalm girl’ Phan Thi Kim Phuc receives final burn treatment after 50 years

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Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
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Phuc, pictured in 1972 running from napalm attack during Vietnam war, has final laser treatment in Miami

Phan Thi Kim Phuc, whose photograph became a symbol of the horrors of the Vietnam war, has had her final skin treatment with a burn specialist, 50 years after her village was struck by napalm.

Phuc was photographed aged nine as she ran, unclothed and screaming in agony, after napalm was dropped by a South Vietnamese Skyraider attack aircraft. Nick Ut, the photographer who captured the image in June 1972, drove her away to find medical treatment.

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