The Associated Press denied that its iconic photo of a naked Vietnamese girl running from a napalm attack was not taken by one of its photographers as a new documentary claims.
Kim Phuc was in Trang Bang, Vietnam, on June 8, 1972, when southern Vietnam dropped napalm on the town. Phuc became known as the “napalm girl” when the photo went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and be displayed worldwide, including at the Vietnamese War Museum in Ho Chi Minh.
On Saturday, The Stringer premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, the first time the AP saw the film in its entirety. In it, former AP photo editor Carl Robinson said he was told by a superior to give Nick Ut credit for the photo that the film
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