this famous photograph was from the height of american aggression in vietnam.long before there was hue and cry over saddam's chemical weapons,americans were daily dropping tons of napalm gas over vietnam's villages.thousands of people died from the most hideous burns.this particular photograph is of 9-year-old kim phuc,who is fleeing her village,her family burned to death,and she herself in pain.this caused a furore in western circles,and greatly accelerated the anti-war movements sweeping across america.it has survived as a classic in depicting the horrors of war-but,of course,the same western media which cries freely for kim phuc allowed war after murderous war to be unleashed.
kim phuc was rescued,and grew up as a peace activist.