Editing Nick Ut (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Long An Province|Long An]], [[State of Vietnam|Vietnam]] (then part of [[French Indochina]]), Ut began to take photographs for the Associated Press when he was 15,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/nick-ut-photographer-behind-napalm-girl-picture-announces-march-retirement-n636086 |title= Nick Ut, Photographer Behind 'Napalm Girl' Picture, Announces March Retirement |author= Frances Kai-Hwa Wang |work= [[NBC News]] |date= August 23, 2016 |access-date= March 20, 2024 |archive-date= March 20, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240320124652/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/nick-ut-photographer-behind-napalm-girl-picture-announces-march-retirement-n636086 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-01-06-voa53-68809917/363049.html |title= Photographer Nick Ut: Witness to History |work= [[Voice of America]] |date= November 2, 2009 |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319160304/https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-2009-01-06-voa53-68809917/363049.html |url-status=live}}</ref> just after his older brother [[Huynh Thanh My]], another AP photographer, was killed in Vietnam.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-nick-ut-vietnam-unfurled-photos-20170329-htmlstory.html |title= The early years covering Vietnam by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Nick Ut |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= March 30, 2017 |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319110852/https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-nick-ut-vietnam-unfurled-photos-20170329-htmlstory.html |url-status=live}}</ref> His closest friend in the Saigon bureau, [[Henri Huet]], also died in 1971 after volunteering to take the weary Ut's place on an assignment.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/13/napalm-girl-photographer-nick-ut-retire/ |title= AP's legendary "Napalm Girl" photographer Nick Ut to retire |author= [[Associated Press]] |work= [[The Denver Post]] |date= March 28, 2017 |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319134943/https://www.denverpost.com/2017/03/13/napalm-girl-photographer-nick-ut-retire/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

After the [[fall of Saigon]] in 1975, Ut himself was wounded three different times in the war in his knee, arm, and stomach. He moved to [[Tokyo]] and arrived in [[Los Angeles]] two years later.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nick-ut-adv-snap-story.html |title= From Vietnam to Los Angeles: Photographer who captured iconic image on one road sees end of another |author= Anh Do |work= [[Los Angeles Times]] |date= August 21, 2016 |access-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-date= March 19, 2024 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240319110829/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nick-ut-adv-snap-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref>