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After a half-century of silence, freelancer claims he took the ‘napalm girl’ photo

A freelance photographer from Vietnam, Nguyen Thanh Nghe, claims he took the famous ‘napalm girl’ photo credited to AP’s Nick Ut. AP is investigating the claim made in the Sundance documentary ‘The Stringer’. Experts question Ut’s ability to take the photo, while Nghe explains why he waited 50 years to assert authorship.

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