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December 22, 1950
Love
the Smell of Napalm in the Morning
Napalm
was used for the first time in war in Vietnam, when High Commissioner de Lattre
ordered the French Air Force to bomb a concentrated group of Viet Minh
guerillas in the Tiên Yên District. Over the next several decades, the highly
flammable petroleum compound of napalm would burn thousands of Vietnamese
people to death in carpet bombing campaigns.
Napalm
is flammable liquid used in warfare. It is a mixture of a gelling agent and
petroleum or a similar fuel. It was initially used as an incendiary device
against buildings and later primarily as an anti-personnel weapon, as it sticks
to skin and causes severe burns when on fire.
"Napalm
is the most terrible pain you can imagine," said Kim Phúc, a napalm
bombing survivor known from a famous Vietnam War photograph. "Water boils
at 100 degrees Celsius (212°F). Napalm generates temperatures of 800 to 1,200
degrees Celsius (1,500-2,200°F)."
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