February 18, 2013

The Weapon That Sears Flesh

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Louis Fieser, The Scientific Method

The first test of napalm was held on July 4, 1942, at Harvard U.

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Louis Fieser, The Scientific Method

The first test of napalm was held on July 4, 1942, at Harvard U.

By Peter Monaghan

The Weapon That Sears Flesh

Louis Fieser, The Scientific Method

The first test of napalm was held on July 4, 1942, at Harvard U.

In an iconic 1972 photograph from the Vietnam War, a naked 9-year-old girl runs screaming from a bombing, her skin burning from the napalm attack on her village. The