Napalm & Agent Orange Kill
US decides to use Napalm and Agent Orange in Vietnam
Napalm Fires Up!
As the US progress' into Vietnam, more strategies are being used to take over. Napalm is being introduced to the picture. Napalm is a petroleum jelly like substance made up of plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline. This highly flammable substance that will stick to anything and burn it in up to 10 minutes when it is ignited. Napalm can get up to 1,500 degrees to 2,200 degrees. The US is using napalm to destroy the jungle for fear of the Viet Cong hiding in the jungle. This horrible substance is getting the job done by burning the jungle as you can see in the pictures. But it's not only burning the jungle, its burning humans. In the picture below you can see a naked child running down the street because it got hit by napalm, these children were running away from the napalm. The US' plan was for the Viet Cong to flee once the jungle was destroyed. The US was expecting the Viet Cong to flee to a more US controlled area, so it would be easier to find them.
US boat is firing napalm
Jungle is on fire because of napalm
A little girl got napalmed
Agent Orange
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Deathly Chemical
Agent orange is being brought in the picture along with napalm. Agent orange is a chemical that will poison all the water and the food in My Lai. The US used this to push the Viet Cong to go to a more US controlled area, same as napalm. The difference was, this chemical was far more severe for the citizens. This substance killed all crops and plants, along with people. There is no way of getting rid of agent orange, so agent orange will haunt the Vietnamese for ever. The US went beyond its limits with this chemical, not only did it kill the people but also destroyed all their food supply. Its unfair for the Vietnamese citizens that have nothing to do with the Viet Cong, to no longer live a happy healthy life.