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She was not "covered" in napalm . . .

From Bob Sloan, on Mon, 24 May 1999 08:58:42 GMT (in response to: Help please!- does anyone know where I can find a copy of the famous photograph of the girl covered in napalm?)

Napalm had one and only one purpose, to burn and remove O2 from the air. If it burnt you then that was it, you were to close, end of life, end of story. If you were caught in rocks, tunnels and not burnt then chances were that your lungs were burnt out and you sufficated due to lack of O2. Anyone who was close enough to get napalm on them from an aircraft drop would not suvive - full stop. They may get burnt from the hut, they may get burnt from grass or any other material, but no one could get raw naplam on their person from an air drop, have the WP canister go off from the fuse and live. IT just ain't so.


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  1. Spalshed by Napalm Catchie (), Sun, 01 Aug 1999 17:19:00 GMT
    1. The "FAMOUS PICTURE".....Napalm... Glen A. Smith Sgt USMC 3rd Amtracs (100% Disabled) (Marine5@webt.com), Tue, 28 Sep 1999 03:08:14 GMT
      1. It was total War---is a bullshit excuse Another Vet (ahblueeyes@yahoo.com), Thu, 05 Jul 2001 06:34:01 GMT
        1. USMC Preston (), Sun, 08 Jul 2001 19:51:23 GMT
        2. More Commies dead= better world Jan (cec-jan@rocketmail.com), Thu, 02 Aug 2001 11:10:19 GMT
          1. !THINK! american... Oliver (tro.ge.mann@web.de), Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:00:44 GMT
            1. Well said. giles (johsmi@spray.no), Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:53:41 GMT
              1. world politics !? oliver (niegenug@lycos.de), Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:05:21 GMT
                1. world politics Giles (johsmi@spray.no), Fri, 06 Dec 2002 17:33:38 GMT
                  1. Unbelievable... oliver (niegenug@lycos.de), Thu, 06 Feb 2003 22:20:05 GMT
                    1. My beliefs Giles (johsmi@spray.no), Sat, 08 Feb 2003 21:27:16 GMT
                      1. of course oliver (niegenug@lycos.de), Sun, 09 Feb 2003 21:03:21 GMT
    2. here is the picture SGT KENCH (kenchiz@yahoo.com), Tue, 02 May 2000 13:10:38 GMT
      1. Was it worth it Barry Purnell (Purnellbarry@hotmail.com), Wed, 30 Jul 2003 11:15:22 GMT
  2. The Girl in the Photo Mike (dodemone@incentre.net), Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:45:39 GMT
    1. Untitled sedfcsc (dcscs@aol.com), Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:08:49 GMT
  3. The Girl in the Photo Mike (dodemone@incentre.net), Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:47:24 GMT
  4. Sloan's a moron Harashito (), Fri, 01 Jun 2001 03:04:23 GMT
    1. Technical niceties richard (), Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:57:50 GMT
      1. Untitled Giles (johsmi@spray.no), Sat, 21 Sep 2002 18:41:46 GMT

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