Incendiary device UN pilots used 70,000 gallons of napalm, with approximately 60,000 gallons of this thrown by US forces. Winston Churchill, among others, criticized American use of napalm in Korea, calling it "very cruel", as the US/UN forces, he said, were "splashing it all over the civilian population", "tortur[ing] great masses of people". The American official who took this statement declined to publicize it. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Air Force developed the CBU-55, a cluster bomb incendiary fuelled by propane, a weapon that was used only once in warfare. Napalm however, became an intrinsic element of U.S. military action during
Macleaya cordata dihydrochelerythrine, and twelve fatty acids of which linoleic, oleic, palmitic and stearic acids predominate. Macleaya cordata Macleaya cordata, the five-seeded plume-poppy, is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, which is used ornamentally. It is native to China and Japan. It is a large herbaceous perennial growing to tall by or more wide, with olive green leaves and airy panicles of buff-white flowers in summer. The Latin "cordata" means "heart-shaped", referring to the leaves. The common name plume poppy is used for plants of the genus "Macleaya". The Chinese name 博落回 ("bóluòhúi") is derived from 簸邏迴 ("bòluóhúi"),