Jan. 4, 2019

A Sticky Situation: The Navy and the Great Molasses Flood

"Sailors Do Heroic Work in Aiding Victims" declared the front page of The Boston Daily Globe on Jan. 16, 1919. On the previous day, these U.S. Navy Sailors witnessed and played a key role in the recovery efforts of one of America's most bizarre disasters: Boston's Great Molasses Flood. In 1915, the United States Industrial Alcohol Company (USIA)