This image came across Facebook the other day, and I think it definitely helps explain LaPierre’s nutty actions. Unfortunately, there is no source reference given in this image. But hey, the wonderful thing about the internet is a simple search. So off to Google I go. But what I found completely shocked me…. I found almost nothing. More…
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Photo of Kim Phuc, “napalm girl,” from Vietnam War turns 40 17
It was 40 years ago on June 8th, 1972, that Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut snapped the iconic black-and-white image of the young girl running down the road naked and burning from napalm. I was seven years old when this photo was taken, and I cannot recall when I saw it for the first time. But this image is one that I grew up with – almost as though it has always been in my memories. Whenever I see this photo, I have often wondered what happened to this poor child – I always assumed that she had died from her burns. Not so. Today I was pleasantly surprised to read about how she survived and what she has endured the past 40 years.
