Though napalm had been used during World War II, it was dropped much more frequently during the Vietnam War. Essentially jellied gasoline, napalm sticks to skin on contact and burns off flesh.

Phuc was injured by a napalm bomb in Vietnam 40 years ago. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) It became one of those images from the Vietnam War that, at least for those who came of age during that period, was ...

Once dubbed “napalm girl,” she bears the physical and psychological scars of the war that nearly took her life. Her greatest ...

The USA relied on high altitude bombers to drop heavy bombs in North Vietnam. They used jets to dump napalm, a chemical that burnt skin down to the bone, on suspected Vietcong strongholds, and ...

It was later used in the Korean War, and finally the Vietnam War. Vietnam was a turning point, as unlike before, the effects of napalm were broadcasted to the public.

These two weapons used the internal bay weapon storage on the AH-1. Up to 4,000 rounds of 7.62-mm ammunition and 300 rounds of 40-mm ammunition could be stored. The M28A1 also allowed for the ...

But aerial weapons research started during World War II did greatly affect U.S. military strategy in Vietnam. By the mid-1960s, the U.S. had built an impressive fleet of aircraft.

"The Stringer" is a documentary mystery about a deadly serious subject: the true authorship of the famous Vietnam War ...

LEGENDARY motorbike racer Guy Martin tried his hand at making napalm as he headed to Vietnam to mark 50 years since the end of the war. For the latest “Our Guy in…” Channel 4 series, Gu… ...

Particularly feared by civilians was the use of napalm bombs, with more than 400,000 tons of the thickened petroleum used during the war. After these infernos, invasive grasses often took over in ...

LEGENDARY motorbike racer Guy Martin tried his hand at making napalm as he headed to Vietnam to mark 50 years since the end of the war. For the latest “Our Guy in…” Channel 4 series, Gu… ...