The Terror of War

The Terror of War, colloquially known as Napalm Girl, is a photograph taken on 8 June 1972. It features a naked 9-year-old girl, Phan Thi Kim Phuc, running toward the camera from a South Vietnamese napalm strike that mistakenly hit Trảng Bàng village instead of nearby North Vietnamese troops. It is credited as one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War and an indictment of the effects of war on innocent victims in general.

Nick Ut sold the photo to the Associated Press and was initially credited as the photographer, receiving several awards including World Press Photo of the Year. After the documentary The Stringer (2025) explored the possibility that stringer Nguyễn Thành Nghệ may have taken the photo, both the AP and World Press Photo conducted investigations, both of which were inconclusive as to whether the photo was taken by Ut, Nghệ, or military photographer Huỳnh Công Phúc; the AP continues to credit Ut, while World Press Photo considers the author unknown.

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