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Napalm in Vietnam
In 1965, The Dow Company — best known at that time for making Saran Wrap — began making Napalm, a jellied gas used in warfare in Vietnam.
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Ronald Reagan left the White House one of the most popular presidents of the 20th century.

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Follow LBJ from rural Texas to his ascendancy to the presidency after the assassination of JFK.

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