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Stories Worth Revisiting: A Growing Post Archive

Behind every headline and footnote lies a story worth telling. This page brings together blog posts that began with deeper research and led to unexpected details — the kind that might otherwise be lost in the scroll of the blog feed.

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• Why was NAAFI often called “NAFFY”?
  A short investigation into the origins of “NAFFY” — an affectionate nickname that appears in early press commentary and helps clear up a common modern misunderstanding of the term.

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• Operation Hurricane and the Legend of the Atomic Beer
  In the aftermath of Britain’s first atomic test at Monte Bello, a curious press story emerged: 18,000 cans of NAAFI beer had allegedly survived the blast, “fit to drink.” This post unpacks the legend behind those headlines, tracing the tale from wartime logistics to Cold War folklore.

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• The Oryu-dong Rail Disaster - 17th September 1952
  On 17 September 1952, a packed Korean passenger train exploded near the Anyangcheon Bridge, plunging carriages into chaos and river water. This post reconstructs the forgotten tragedy — and the extraordinary multinational rescue, aided by NAAFI/EFI, that followed.

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