Twenty years after she ran screaming in pain, her skin melting, she met one of the U.S. airmen who had been involved in the napalm attack that had maimed her.

And she forgave him.

She is Kim Phuc, who was 9 that fateful day in 1972 in Vietnam. A photograph of her running for her life has become one of the iconic images of that war.

Today she preaches forgiveness around the world, and her tour has a stop scheduled at UC Davis on Feb. 5. Two public events are scheduled:

• Forum@MC — Panel discussion on photojournalism, with Phuc and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Kim Komenich, along with UC Davis faculty, titled "Can an Image Change the World?" 4 p.m., Jackson Hall, the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts. Free.
• Distinguished Speakers series — "Learning to Forgive," a talk by Phuc. 8 p.m., Jackson Hall. Tickets: (530) 754-2787 or (866) 754-2787, or www.mondaviarts.org.

In conjunction with Phuc's visit, the Nelson Gallery is presenting Representation and War, an exhibit of war photojournalism from the 1930s to today. The exhibit is set to run through March 18. The gallery is in Room 124 of the Art Building.

— Dateline staff