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Interview with Kim Phuc

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Contributor

Phan, Thị Kim Phúc, 1963- ; McKiernan, Stephen

Description

Kim Phuc is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian, best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken at Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War. She established the first Kim Phúc Foundation in the U.S. to provide medical and psychological assistance to child victims of war.

Date

2010-10-06

Rights

In copyright

Date Modified

2018-03-29

Is Part Of

McKiernan Interviews

Extent

76:11

Date of Interview

2010-10-06

Interviewer

Stephen McKiernan

Interviewee

Thị Kim Phúc Phan, 1963-

Biographical Text

Kim Phuc is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian, best known as the nine-year-old child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken at Trảng Bàng during the Vietnam War. She established the first Kim Phúc Foundation in the U.S. to provide medical and psychological assistance to child victims of war.

Duration

76:11

Language

English

Digital Publisher

Binghamton University Libraries

Digital Format

audio/mp4

Original Format

2 Microcassettes

Material Type

Sound

Interview Format

Audio

Subject LCSH

Phan, Thị Kim Phúc, 1963--Photographs; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Phan, Thị Kim Phúc, 1963--Interviews

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Keywords

Vietnam War; Vietnam Memorial; Baby boom generation; Christianity; Forgiving the US; Vietnam War Victim; Nineteen sixties; Kim Foundation.

Accessibility

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Files

mckiernanphotos - Phuc - Kim.jpg

Item Information

About this Collection

Collection Description

Stephen McKiernan's collection of interviews includes more than two hundred interviews with prominent figures of the 1960s, which were collected between the mid-1990s to 2023 The collection provides narratives of people who were actively involved in or witnessed events in the 1960s, an era which spurred profound cultural and… More

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Citation

“Interview with Kim Phuc,” Digital Collections, accessed May 18, 2025, https://omeka.binghamton.edu/omeka/items/show/1222.