81 years ago 337 men of the Royal Navy died in an accident involving one of the most famous ships in the world, and, owing to the exigencies of war, the accident went unreported. But the men who died deserve to be remembered.
Solenopsis invicta, the “Red Imported Fire Ant”, native to South America, has proven a tenacious and destructive pest in the United States, costing Americans billions of dollars every year. That is why, in the late 1950s, the United States embarked on an all out war against the six-legged menace.