WASHINGTON • Arla Wayne Harrell, the quiet World War II veteran whose appeals to Veterans Affairs became a test of the government’s treatment of victims of mustard gas experiments, has died.

World War II Fact: America Accidently Killed Its Own Troops with Mustard Gas In the end, the mustard gas shipped to Bari proved unnecessary. The Nazis did not employ chemical weapons on the ...

What is tear gas? Learn more about the evolution of tear gas and why some scientists recommend a revaluation of its use.

Mussolini’s Conquest of Ethiopia The war against Abyssinia. This is a book designed not for the academic but for the general reader. And it succeeds in that context, but also is an excellent history ...

MOSUL, Iraq – Iraqi forces discovered a mustard chemical warfare agent in eastern Mosul alongside a cache of Russian surface-to-surface missiles, an Iraqi officer said Saturday.