Word: unicel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Footwear or Firepower? In mid-April, U.S. officials were surprised to note that Saigon businessmen had ordered 150 tons of Du Pont-made Unicel-100, a powdered compound used in the manufacture of rubber sandals. Oddly, that one shipment was sufficient to make 7.5 million pairs, though last year's production in Viet Nam had been no more than 500,000. Du Pont had warned Government men before that the stuff was also a deadly explosive, and AID officials ordered a Naval Ordnance Laboratory test last month to determine its effectiveness. They were surprised to find that the compound...
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