100 Years of Pulitzer Prizes: Associated Press Newsphotos, the Vietnam War and Nick Ut

On June 8, 1972, AP photographer Nick Ut captured what would become a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo depicting children fleeing a napalm bombing during the Vietnam War. The burned and naked 9-year-old girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, became known as "Napalm Girl"  and the image became a symbol of the brutality of war and U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

This image was one of several AP images transmitted during the Vietnam War that achieved icon status, due to the power of the images and the impact they had on public sentiment. Ut's photograph is thought to be one of the most memorable photographs of the 20th century.

Ut will discuss his rise from darkroom assistant to photographer, following the death of his brother, who died photographing the war for the AP in 1965. He'll discuss the impact being a war photographer has had on his life and photographic career.

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