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  Kim Phuc Phan Thi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phan Thị Kim Phúc (born 1963) was a resident of the village of Trang Bang, Vietnam.
After taking the photograph, Út promptly took Kim Phúc to a hospital in Saigon where it was determined that her burns were so severe that she would not survive.
Kim Phuc is also the name of an underground punk band in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kim_Phuc_Phan_Thi   (464 words)

  
 The Kim Phuc Story at CanadianIdentity.com
The image of Kim Phuc running, which was often used to depict the horror of the Vietnam War, changed Kim's life and also formed a bond between her and photographer Nick Ut. He revisited Vietnam during the 25th anniversary of the war's end and this time took pictures of a peaceful country.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc was born in 1963 and lived in a small village called Trang Bang located 25 miles west of the capital city Saigon in Vietnam.
Kim was transferred to the elite Barsky burn clinic in Saigon, where, for months, she hovered between life and death.
www.canadianidentity.com /p/kim_phuc   (1284 words)

  
 Kim Phuc Phan Thi
On June 8, 1972, a napalm bomb fell on the village of Trang Bang, Vietnam, forcing residents, including Kim Phuc Phan Thi (born 1963), to flee.
Caught on film, the image of napalm-burned Thi running naked from her village became one of the most remembered images of the Vietnam War.
Ut took Thi to a hospital where it was determined that her burns were so severe that she would not survive.
ukpedia.com /k/kim-phuc-phan-thi.html   (179 words)

  
 Trang Bang 8.6.1972 Napalm - Phan Thi Kim Phuc - Hintergrundbericht - Vietnam-Exkursion 1999
Kim went on to survive although it took 14 months of painful rehabilitation to treat the third degree burns that was over more than half of her body.
Kim is now a Canadian citizen and shares her thoughts on survival and inspiration.
Kim Phuc's brother, Phan Thanh Tam - the one with his mouth in a crescent of agony in the famed photo that encapsulated the war's horrors - is now 41 and has a paunch.
www.geogr.uni-goettingen.de /kus/personen/vn/vn-1972-napalm.htm   (581 words)

  
 Y-File
Kim Phuc had powerful language to describe the famous and shocking photograph of herself as a nine-year-old victim of the Vietnam War at Friday’s Fall 2004 Convocation ceremony.
In her moving speech, Kim (full name: Kim Phuc Phan Thi) described how the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken by Nick Ut in 1972 became a symbol of both war and peace that she came to terms with only after she was "found" living in Toronto by a British journalist in 1997.
Kim’s hope of fulfilling both dreams was thwarted by her health and the demands of her role as a propaganda tool for the Vietnamese government.
www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=3493   (700 words)

  
 The 'girl in the picture' is flying
This award-winning photo of Kim Phuc and her son Thomas on his first birthday was chosen as one of 300 world-class photographs that celebrate the essence of humanity, a project known as M.I.L.K. (Moments of Intimacy, Laughter and Kinship).
KIM PHUC is at the Toronto Airport awaiting the flight that will take her to Washington, DC to meet dignitaries at the White House in her role as head of the Kim Foundation.
Kim was forced to leave Saigon and her studies to work for her local government, giving interviews with foreign journalists as a mouthpiece for the Vietnamese Government.
www.canadianchristianity.com /cgi-bin/na.cgi?nationalupdates/011127girl   (1844 words)

  
 Untitled Document
After the napalm attack, Kim started on her long recovery and determination to be a doctor and well-educated person.
Kim was sent to Hanoi, back to Ho Chi Minh City and Moscow, thus ruining her chances of keeping up at school.
In 1992 Kim and Toan were sent to Moscow and she saw her first chance to escape the system.
www.digitaljournalist.org /issue0008/main_frame_sub_bookreview.htm   (571 words)

  
 Kim Phuc Phan Thi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Phan Thi Kim Phuc (born 1963) was a resident of the village of Trang Bang, Vietnam.
On June 8, 1972, South Vietnamese planes dropped a napalm bomb on Trang Bang, which was suspected by US Army forces of being a Viet Cong stronghold.
In the attack, Thi was severely burned in the attack and she fled naked from her village.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/K/Kim-Phuc-Phan-Thi.htm   (399 words)

  
 NewStandard: 11/12/96
Phan Thi Kim Phuc, the subject of a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1972 photo, talks to Vietnam War POW Air Force Col. Norm McDaniel yesterday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Kim Phuc was 9 years old when she was photographed fleeing a napalm attack in Vietnam.
Kim Phuc's village of Trang Bang came under a fierce aerial attack from South Vietnamese bombers.
www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/11-96/11-12-96/a04wn026.htm   (940 words)

  
 Kim Phuc Running - Big Running Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kim PhucOne of the most indelible images of the Vietnam War is a photo of a...
Phan Thi Kim Phuc, the nine year old child, is now almost 40 years old.
Kim Phuc The photo of her running for her life became the best-known icon of the Vietnam War.
www.bigrunningguide.com /kim-phuc-running.html   (518 words)

  
 Phan Chau Trinh - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Phan Chau Trinh
Along with Phan Boi Chau, he was a leading figure in the anti-colonial movement in Vietnam in the early 20th century.
In contrast to Phan Boi Chau's commitment to a revolutionary monarchism, Phan Chau Trinh advocated Western-style republicanism.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Phan+Chau+Trinh   (159 words)

  
 [WikiEN-l] Image:TrangBang.jpg
Jens Ropers asked whether this is likely one of the "few rare cases" where we desperately need an image which is unavailable under fair use.
Looking at the details, this image is used in [[Nudity]], [[Vietnam War]], [[Strategic bombing]], [[Kim Phuc Phan Thi]], [[History of the United States (1964-1980)]], and [[Huynh Cong Ut]].
I don't see any arguable "deperate need" for the image in any of the articles other than [[Kim Phuc Phan Thi]] and [[Huynh Cong Ut]], and the image is most likely fair use in those articles.
mail.wikipedia.org /pipermail/wikien-l/2004-August/014958.html   (184 words)

  
 Phan Thi Kim Phuc
As an adult, Kim would be forced to abandon medical school following renewed international interest in the "symbol of the people's war." After an appeal to the head of the Vietnamese government, she was allowed to leave the country to resume her studies.
Kim met her future husband while studying in Cuba, and was, by this time, determined to defect to the West.
What is perhaps most stunning about Kim Phuc is the peace that radiates from her in person.
www.womentodaymagazine.com /lifestories/kim_phuc.html   (768 words)

  
 The Rest of the Story
Kim, then 9 years old, was hiding in a Buddhist pagoda when the collateral damage was inflicted.
Kim Phuc Phan Thi (1 2) now resides in Canada, having settled there with the help of a group of Quakers; she works for the United Nations.
Kim reported in interviews that she remembers very little about her wartime injuries and subsequent medical treatment.
trots.blogspot.com /2005/06/we-practice-denial-so-you-wont-have-to.html   (1937 words)

  
 Kim Phuc's Testimony   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
One of the most indelible images of the Vietnam War is a photo of a little girl running naked down a road, screaming in pain from the napalm that was burning through her skin and muscle down to the bone.
But after 17 operations and enduring scars, Kim Phuc expresses no bitterness or anger about her experience, rather she expresses the need for reconciliation and healing for all who were involved in the war.
In 1996, Kim laid a wreath at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC, and addressed the crowd that was gathered there.
www.eauk.org /nfd/kim.htm   (336 words)

  
 M of A - "Really Not Appropriate .. For 13-Year-Olds"
The Vietnamese-born peace activitst Kim Phuc Phan Thi is the living symbol of the suffering of innocent war victims.
Her image of being burned by napalm during the Vietnam war raised worldwide awareness of the horrors of the war and made her the bearer of the message of forgiveness, reconciliation and tolerance.
I don't want to labour this point and I am pleased that Phan Thi Kim Phuc has managed to turn her horror into something good but many will not be able to do this.
www.moonofalabama.org /2005/06/really_not_appr.html   (2301 words)

  
 Kim Phuc Phan Thi -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
After taking the photograph, Ut promptly took Thi to a hospital in (A city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina) Saigon where it was determined that her burns were so severe that she would not survive.
In 1996, she met with (and expressed (The act of excusing a mistake or offense) forgiveness for) the American officer who ordered the strike; she also met the (A physician who specializes in surgery) surgeons who saved her life.
On November 10, 1997, Thi was named a (Click link for more info and facts about UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador) UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kim_phuc_phan_thi.htm   (372 words)

  
 Untitled Document
There are also pictures of the two children related to Kim Phuc who died shortly after the incident from napalm inflicted burns.
However, now she stood there, a smiling Asian woman, deep in conversation with the British Queen, who may have wondered how during the journey of a lifetime a bridge can be built from horror and dread to peace and forgiving, all personified in one human being".
Kim Phuc was asked by the Queen about the picture and her life today.
www.digitaljournalist.org /issue0008/ng1.htm   (869 words)

  
 Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Kim endured fourteen months of painful rehabilitation for the third degree burns over more than half her body.
Kim's gentle spirit and quiet determination are products of her relationship with a loving Heavenly Father.
Kim discovered a God who could empathize with her pain, and who could heal it.
www.christianwomentoday.com /growth/kim_phuc.html   (519 words)

  
 Guilt and Forgiveness
Both freely decided their deed: Plummer to reveal himself, Kim Phuc Phan Thi to forgive the bomber.
The photo of Kim Phuc Phan Thi, as a burned child escaping from her Vietnamese village which has been bombed with napalm (8 June 1972) has travelled across the world and has earned the photographer, Nick Ut of the Associated Press a Pulitzer Prize.
Kim's skin was so badly burned by napalm that she was not expected to survive, but after 14 month in a Saigon hospital, she returned to her village to begin rebuilding her life
www.southerncrossreview.org /38/forgiveness.htm   (551 words)

  
 Read about Huynh Cong Ut at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Huynh Cong Ut and learn about Huynh Cong Ut here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Kim Phuc Phan Thi, who was photographed as a naked girl (9-year old) running toward the camera to flee a napalm attack near
Born in Long An, Vietnam, Ut began to take photographs for the Associated Press when he was 16, just after his older brother Huynh Thanh My, another AP photographer, was killed in Vietnam.
Before delivering his film with the Kim Phuc photo, he took her to the hospital.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Nick_Ut   (239 words)

  
 *~* Yanah *~* interviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A reunion was held recently between UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Culture & Peace Kim Phuc Phan Thi and Yanah.
Kim had asked Yanah to sing her awareness campaign single "The Girl in the Picture" during the Wake-up Campaign in Brussels.
Yanah & Kim were delighted to see each other once more in a very short but more relaxed and meaningful meeting in support of UNESCO's worldwide "Education For All" campaign.
www.yanah.be /~yanah/about/KimPhuc.html   (331 words)

  
 news.veterans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But among the military speakers at the ceremony was Phan Thi Kim Phuc, who was photographed at nine years of age running down a Vietnamese highway after American troops napalmed the Buddhist pagoda in which she and her family sought refuge.
While Kim survived to recently seek political asylum in Canada, her two brothers were killed in the attack.
Like Kim, the veterans came to heal their wounds and pay tribute sometimes from as far away as Hawaii and Australia.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /db/issues/96/11.12/news.veterans.html   (405 words)

  
 jgirl
From left, are Phan Thanh Tam, younger brother of Kim Phuc, who lost an eye; Phan Thanh Phuc, youngest brother of Kim Phuc; Kim Phuc, and her cousins, Ho Van Bon and Ho Thai Ting.
Nick Ut had photographed Kim Phuc when she ran down a road in Vietnam, seriously burned after her village had been bombed with napalm on June 8, 1972.
Kim Phuc's left arm shows evidence of the burns she suffered.
www.dispatch.co.za /2001/01/27/foreign/JGIRL.HTM   (257 words)

  
 Salon.com Books | The girl in the photo
In her new book, "The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc and the Photograph That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War," Canadian journalist Denise Chong chronicles Kim Phuc's life before and after the devastation captured on film.
Kim Phuc would have to recover not only from her terrible burns, but eventually from her own fame as well.
It had been hush-hush until that point that Kim was in Canada, that Kim was in the West at all.
archive.salon.com /books/feature/2000/08/03/chong   (1014 words)

  
 UVSA - Vietnamese girl in war photo among 29 to get Order of Ontario
TORONTO -- A Vietnamese woman who became a symbol of the horrors of her country's war with the United States was one of 29 people named Wednesday to the Order of Ontario.
Kim Phuc Phan Thi, who now lives in Ajax, Ont., east of Toronto, was known around the world in the 1970s as "the girl in the picture.''
_Kim Phuc Phan Thi of Ajax, often referred to as ``the girl in the picture,'' who became famous symbol of Vietnam War.
www.thsv.org /news_details.aspx?newsID=708   (667 words)

  
 THI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Search the THI Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the THI Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named THI at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/T/THI.htm   (73 words)

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