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Children Fleeing, Vietnam

I still remember this photo when it was taken and shown in the newspapers, of the Vietnamese children, running away from the smoke.

Vietnamese children fleeing from the smoke (possibly napalm).
Vietnamese children fleeing from the smoke (possibly napalm).

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20 responses to “Children Fleeing, Vietnam”

  1. terrible photo 😦

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    😦

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  3. This is so sad.

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  4. Life Magazine, I think. I remember this photo too. —Jadi

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    1. I remember seeing it Life…

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  5. Hope it will never occur again ((

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  6. Pitiful, especially the little naked girl!

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  7. IMHO this one image changed the course of the war after it was published widely and the American public saw what was really going on In Country!!

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    1. It also reinforced what Walter Cronkite said, its time we get out of Vietnam….

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      1. To bad we did not have an Uncle Walter around about 10 years ago ;-(

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        1. True. All we have on TV, are useless shitheads who pander to the Republicans. The only one worth watching is Rachel Maddow, on MSNBC…

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