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Old April 1st 05, 05:01 PM
Frank Ch. Eigler
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"Happy Dog" writes:

I still tear up when I see the Vietnam War photo of the little
girl running down the road, her cloths, and most of her skin,
burned off by napalm ....my burn was so so so so small compared to
that.


Actually, she turned out just fine. [...]


Is that because she was not actually burned much or at all? A close
look at the picture doesn't show any obvious damage. A bit of
googling also indicates that there is quite some mythology and
propaganda associated with it.


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Old April 2nd 05, 02:05 AM
Happy Dog
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"Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote in message

I still tear up when I see the Vietnam War photo of the little
girl running down the road, her cloths, and most of her skin,
burned off by napalm ....my burn was so so so so small compared to
that.


Actually, she turned out just fine. [...]


Is that because she was not actually burned much or at all? A close
look at the picture doesn't show any obvious damage. A bit of
googling also indicates that there is quite some mythology and
propaganda associated with it.


There is. Wasn't much fun either way though.

moo


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Old April 2nd 05, 06:31 PM
Bob Chilcoat
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Kim Phuc: http://www.kimfoundation.com/en/ she now runs a foundation.

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Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways)


"Happy Dog" wrote in message
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"Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote in message

I still tear up when I see the Vietnam War photo of the little
girl running down the road, her cloths, and most of her skin,
burned off by napalm ....my burn was so so so so small compared to
that.

Actually, she turned out just fine. [...]


Is that because she was not actually burned much or at all? A close
look at the picture doesn't show any obvious damage. A bit of
googling also indicates that there is quite some mythology and
propaganda associated with it.


There is. Wasn't much fun either way though.

moo




 




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