The Terror of War, June 8, 1972

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Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image/

sheet: 17.8 × 25.2 cm (7 × 9 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

Accession Number

2018.177.629

Artists / Makers

Nick Ut (artist) American, born Vietnam, 1951

Associated Press (publisher)

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Inscription

vertical along left edge printed in image: (ONE OF A SERIES OF A PICTURE BACKGROUND OF THE VIETNAM WAR) / (NY28-Oct. 26) TERROR OF WAR--South Vietnamese forces are shown / following terrified children fleeing down Route 1, near Trang Bang, / South Vietnam, in June, 1972, after a misplaced allied napalm strike. / Girl at center had ripped off her burning clothes. She suffered back / burns. The firebomb was dropped by a Skyraider plane. (AP Wirephoto) / (pr51532fls) 1972; on verso, center printed in black ink on applied newspaper: --AP Wirephoto / For Children: Terror / SOUTH VIETNAMESE soldiers follow terrified chil- / dren down Route 1 near Trang Bang in June, 1972, / after misplaced Allied napalm bombs struck their / village. Nude girl ripped off her burning clothing / before she fled.; center right stamped in red ink on applied newspaper: WED JAN 24 1973

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Solomon, Dan and Mary