Word: napalm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...life, a strange act for Americans. an even stranger act for members of the church of Cardinal Spellman. They walked into the offices of Local Board No. 33, seized several hundred I-A files, and carried them outside, where they placed them in a wire trashburner. They then poured napalm over the files (made from a recipe in a Special Forces manual-"two parts gasoline one part soap bakes") and destroyed them. Then they waited for the police...
...discourage Gamal Abdel Nasser from continuing his "war of attrition," Israel has been bombing targets deep inside Egypt since the beginning of the year. Though the raids are directed at military installations, there has always been the possibility that Israeli napalm or antipersonnel bombs would cause civilian casualties. Two months ago, an Israeli pilot mistakenly hit an industrial plant at Abu Zabal, killing 80 workers. Last week another mix-up occurred. While it caused fewer deaths than at Abu Zabal, it is likely to do far greater damage to Israel's image...
...starvation, we can all imagine the feeling to some extent, for all of us have gone without a day's meals at one time. To go without food for a week or a month is certainly different, but we can imagine. We can also imagine the feeling of burning napalm glued to your body, because we have all burned our fingers on a stove. The more able your imagination, the more able you are to extrapolate from a modest experience to an intensive one, the more suffering you can understand...
What I see in nightmares at night, in case you're interested, is faces. Mostly kids. One of a kid rolling over andover on the ground, trying to extinguish the burning napalm, his flesh turning to charcoal underneath...
...merchant seamen did not have to be urged twice. In the Eagle's hold were 4,525 tons of explosives, a mixed load of 500-lb. and 750-lb. preassembled napalm bombs consigned to U.S. Air Force units in Thailand. Secured on deck were 50 tons of live detonators. While the men, some in their skivvies, were tearing at the lifeboat covers and at work on the davits, Second Mate Robert Stevenson called to the bridge: "Is this for real?" Third Mate Herbert Gunn shouted down: "Cast off and stand clear. There's a live bomb aboard...