Tag Archives: Napalm

It’s Been 50 Years. I Am Not ‘Napalm Girl’ Anymore.

Posted on June 8, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

By Kim Phuc Phan Thi. “I grew up in the small village of Trang Bang in South Vietnam. My mother said I laughed a lot as a young girl. We led a simple life with an abundance of food, since … Continue reading →

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Operation Ranch Hand

Posted on July 7, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Four-plane defoliant run, part of Operation Ranch Hand “Operation Ranch Hand was a U.S. military operation during the Vietnam War, lasting from 1962 until 1971. Largely inspired by the British use of 2,4,5-T and 2,4-D (Agent Orange) during the Malayan … Continue reading →

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Russell Tribunal

Posted on April 17, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Nine-year-old Do Van Ngoc exhibits injuries from napalm in Vietnam. “The Russell Tribunal, also known as the International War Crimes Tribunal, Russell-Sartre Tribunal, or Stockholm Tribunal, was a private People’s Tribunal organised in 1966 by Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and … Continue reading →

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Napalm and The Dow Chemical Company

Posted on November 10, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

In November, more than 125 students occupy the University Placement Services Office, forcing Dow Chemical, the producers of napalm, to call off schedules interviews. Washington Square Journal, 11/30/67. “Napalm had been used before, most notably in the incendiary bombs that … Continue reading →

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The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam by Christopher Goscha – review

Posted on September 2, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A destroyed French tank and an aircraft propeller that are still kept as war relics in the Dien Bien Phu valley. “In 40 years, the relationship between the United States and Vietnam has swung about as widely as is possible … Continue reading →

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Decolonizing society: the legacy of 1968

Posted on October 7, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Student protesters in Paris, May ’68. “In 1964, students at the University of California at Berkeley staged a sit-in at Sproul Hall to protest campus restrictions on political activism. Shouting through his bullhorn, Mario Savio, the leader of the Free … Continue reading →

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Apocalypse Now (1979)/ Apocalypse Now Redux (2001) – Francis Ford Coppola

Posted on July 3, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Apocalypse Now is a 1979 American epic war film directed, produced, and co-written by Francis Ford Coppola. It was co-written by John Milius with narration written by Michael Herr. It stars Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen, Frederic Forrest, Albert … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Schell

Posted on June 26, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Jonathan Edward Schell (August 21, 1943 – March 25, 2014) was an American author and visiting fellow at Yale University, whose work primarily dealt with campaigning against nuclear weapons. His work appeared in The Nation, The New Yorker, and TomDispatch. … Continue reading →

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Winter Soldier (1972)

Posted on June 3, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Winter Soldier is a 1972 documentary film chronicling the Winter Soldier Investigation which took place in Detroit, Michigan, from January 31 to February 2, 1971. The film documents the accounts of American soldiers who returned from the War in Vietnam, … Continue reading →

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Caterpillar – Clayton Eshleman (1967- 1973)

Posted on February 27, 2018 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Caterpillar was started by Clayton Eshleman as a series of chapbooks by such writers as Jackson Mac Low, David Antin, Paul Blackburn and Louis Zukofsky. ‘The Caterpillar Glyph,’ an image of a small napalmed Vietnamese girl, was printed on the … Continue reading →

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