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Vietnam war picture that touched a nation can still surprise In 1973 photographer Chick Harrity took one of the Vietnam War's most memorable images. It showed a baby girl, Tran Thie Het Nhanny, lying in a cardboard box with her brother, who begged on the streets of Saigon. A lifetime achievement award to Harrity, whose 48-year career with 35 years in Washington.To Harrity's surprise the award was given by the woman whose image he captured in that famous photograph. After surgery in the US, Nhanny was adopted by an American woman and now lives in Ohio. Here is the story  Washington: In 1973 photographer Chick Harrity snapped one of the Vietnam War's most memorable images. It showed a baby girl, named Tran Thie Het Nhanny, lying in a cardboard box next to her brother, who begged on the streets of Saigon. When the photo was published in February of that year, it inspired Americans to raise money to bring the baby to the US to undergo surgery to correct a congenital heart defec...