Nick Ut
This celebrity goo was created by Scott Hardie.
publication date: Thursday, March 12, 2026 (part of March 2026)
category: 
Journalism
clue: Evidence indicates that despite his credit, he might not have been the photographer who took the world-famous picture of a crying girl in severe emotional distress on a fateful June 8, and I'm not even talking about that time when Paris Hilton was crying in the back of an LAPD cruiser.
explanation: Ut is the photographer of the famous Pulitzer-winning The Terror of War (often mistakenly called "Napalm Girl"), which depicted children running away from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War on June 7, 1972, with a screaming nude girl in the center of the image. In recent years, evidence has surfaced that another photographer may have actually took the picture and authorities may have knowingly given Ut a false credit. The Associated Press investigated and concluded that Ut was the photographer and has retained his official credit. Coincidentally, a separate famous photo of Hilton in a police cruiser was taken on June 8, 2007, and was mistakenly attributed to Ut before being correctly credited to the other photographer on the scene that day. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky
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