Mike Crumley wrote:
>
> At 07:32 PM 12/15/97 , you wrote:
>
> >I thought napalm is made with gas or diesel and soap (like Ivory laundry
> >soap), not mothballs.
> >
> >Frank Ball
>
> Napalm is short for naphtha/palm oil which is what the military originally
> made it from in WWII. The palm oil was a gel to hold the flammable material
> and make it stick to whatever it touched. Nasty stuff. I guess a "crude"
> form could be made of just about anything that burns mixed with something
> to make it stick.
>
> --
> Mike Crumley a0020124@airmail.net
I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING !
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