Napalm
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Napalm is an incendiary mixture of a gelling agent and a volatile petrochemical. The name is a portmanteau of two of the constituents of the original thickening and gelling agents: coprecipitated alum
Results of a napalm strike by the United States Army Air Force on a Japanese outpost off the coast of the island of Borneo
A "Zippo" riverboat of the US Brown-water navy firing an ignited napalm mixture from a riverboat-mounted flamethrower in Vietnam
Phan Thi Kim Phuc, burned with napalm at the age of 9 during the Vietnam War (1972)
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
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Phan Thị Kim Phúc, referred to informally as the girl in the picture and the napalm girl, is a South Vietnamese-born Canadian woman best known as the child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo
Napalm
…incendiary weapon, napalm causes severe burns. One napalm firebomb released from a low-flying plane can damage an area of 2,500 square yards (2,100 m2). Phan Thi Kim Phuc, burned with napalm at the age of 9 during the Vietnam War (1972) During combustion, napalm deoxygenates the available air and generates carbon monoxide…
Thumbnails of the film footage showing the events just before and after the photograph was taken