Lyndon Baines Johnson8 March 1965
Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact
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