It's one of the most enduring images of the Vietnam War — an Associated Press photograph of a young girl running naked down a street after being caught in a napalm attack.
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The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified an 11-year-old boy who was killed in a house fire in far south Bexar County on Monday.KSAT DEALS The film about the Pulitzer Prize-winning picture, “The Stringer,” is scheduled to debut next week at the Sundance Film Festival. Bothand his longtime employer are contesting it vigorously, and Ut's lawyer is seeking to block the premiere, threatening a defamation lawsuit. The AP, which conductedcrying and naked because she had taken off clothes burning from napalm, instantly became symbolic of the horrors of the Vietnam War.
The photo sat unchallenged for much of its 53-year existence. All these years later, a counter-narrative has emerged that it was instead taken by another person, someone who worked for NBC News at the time and also lives now in California. The person allegedly had delivered his film to the AP's office as a “stringer,” a non-staff member who provides material to a news organization.
Knight and Turner met with AP in London last June about the allegations. According to the AP, filmmakers requested the news organization sign a non-disclosure agreement before they provided their evidence. AP declined.
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