The girl in the photo is Phan Thi Kim Phuc and the photographer was AP photographer, Huynh Cong (Nick) Ut. The battle in which was burned was on the second day of a three day battle between the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) who occupied the village of Trang Bang and the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) who were trying to force the NVA out of the village. Felicity Coombs ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org