Many people believe napalm was first used in Vietnam, but it wasn’t. Captain James G. Coffey, a pilot of a B24 Liberator bomber, believes he was on the first mission to drop napalm, or “jelly bombs”, in World War II—much to his peril and that of his crew. Coffey was with the 790th Squadron of the 467th Bomb Group, 2nd Air Division, 8th USAAF. His mission was to bomb the German submarine pens at Royan, France. For Coffey, this would be the most dangerous mission of his 14 missions in the European Theatre of Operations. Captain Coffey is interviewed by Joseph G. Dzenowagis, a navigator in the 790th who also lived in the Drake Hotel. Helen R. Dzenowagis, his wife; Joan Dzenowagis, his daughter; and son, Joe Dzenowagis, Jr. are also involved in the interview process.