This photo was taken on June 8, 1972 when a bomb was dropped on Trang Bang, Vietnam. It depicts several children fleeing from harm's way, one of which is a young girl who is naked because her clothes, as well as some layers of skin, were melted off by the heat radiating from the bomb.
This photo shocked the world due to the depiction of innocent children during wartime and how confused they were without their parents. Later on, the girl was identified as Kim Phuc, although to most others who did not live in her village, she was a victim with no name, and she surprisingly survived this attack with serious third degree burns all over her body, except her face which was untouched. This picture was landmark due to the horrors of the war that it showed to the world, and helped to end one of the most divisive wars in American history. It shocked not only a nation, but the world.
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