Word: nitric
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Superfort crews were more at home in a 50-plane attack on the Chosen Nitrogen Co. plant at Hungnam, on the east coast of North Korea. Operated in World War II by the Japanese, the Hungnam plant was a major producer of glycerine, nitric and sulphuric acid. Huge quantities of explosives were presumed to be stored in the factory area...