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Why The Flamethrower Was Not A Cool Weapon

Why The Flamethrower Was Dangerous To Both Its Target and Its Operator

W.A. Hayes

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USMC Flamethrower operator Private First Class Wilfred Voegeli takes a break from the action on Iwo Jima in February 1945 and lights his pipe (Wikimedia Commons)

“The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, ‘You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I’m just not…

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W.A. Hayes

Written by W.A. Hayes

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Gentleman, Scholar, and Punk Poet.