The Storyteller's Corner is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. June 8th, 1972. In what would no doubt go down as one of the strangest days in a man’s life, Associated Press photographer Nick Ut aimed his camera at a nine-year-old child running down a road, naked, after being burned by napalm. The moment was captured in the blink of an eye, a response born of instinct, to bring the horrific realities of the Vietnam War home to people who just didn’t understand exactly what kind of Hell on Earth had been given birth in the jungles of the region.
American Goblin- Chapter 2
American Goblin- Chapter 2
American Goblin- Chapter 2
The Storyteller's Corner is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. June 8th, 1972. In what would no doubt go down as one of the strangest days in a man’s life, Associated Press photographer Nick Ut aimed his camera at a nine-year-old child running down a road, naked, after being burned by napalm. The moment was captured in the blink of an eye, a response born of instinct, to bring the horrific realities of the Vietnam War home to people who just didn’t understand exactly what kind of Hell on Earth had been given birth in the jungles of the region.