radman wrote:
> NAPALM. "Some of the finer selling points were explained to me by
> a pilot in 1966: 'We sure are pleased with those backroom boys at
> Dow. The original product wasn't so hot -- if the gooks were quick
> they could scrape it off. So the boys started adding polystyrene
> -- now it sticks like shit to a blanket. But then if the gooks
> jumped under water it stopped burning, so they started adding Willie
> Peter [WP -- white phosperous] so's to make it burn better. It'll
> even burn under water now. & just one drop is enough, it'll keep
> burning right down to the bone so they die anyway from phosperous
> poisoning.'" --- Philip Jones Griffiths, photographer, Vietnam Inc.
sometimes these postings are sensationalistic to say the least. i don't
know the point taken but for the record as "FRIENDLY FIRE!!!" it worked
just as good. i would venture a guess of several THOUSAND Americans and
their South Vietnamese and South Korean allies who were hit with this
cocktail in all its various mixtures.
cheers, country joe mcdonald
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