It reads "World War II Veteran." To really appreciate this ... with the Axis forces having control of much of the region. "We were hauling gas, water, rations, and ammunition up and down our ...

Poisoned arrows are not being used in the European war ... of this mask is a whitish powder which neutralizes the German gas, thought to be chlorine. Thus protected, the soldier is able to ...

This dubious hood was finally superseded by the main British gas mask of the First World War, the Small Box Respirator (SBR)—although interestingly enough the first version was known as the ...

A Bible marked with bullet holes from a German machine gun helped save the life of a British World War I soldier ... following a gas attack in 1917, the then 23-year-old soldier was recovering ...

News - Outbreak of war with Germany 1938: Government issues gas mask instructions. Audio1938: Government issues gas mask instructions Contractor found for unexploded WW2 bombs survey WW2 soldier's ...

Spratlin, a World War I soldier killed in action on Oct. 5 ... Soldiers were in the open and exposed, subjected to enemy fire or mustard gas attacks as they crossed "No Man's Land." ...

Klein It’s a bitter paradox that even the most virulently antiwar of the famous soldier poets of World War I felt the lure ... about the effects of poison gas, “Muse of Fire” is richly ...

A Norfolk man couldn't believe his luck when he found a fully intact Second World War gas mask while looking for driftwood on a Norfolk beach. John Aldridge had been scouring the groynes at West ...

World War I changed ... considerable impact on the war’s outcome. Gas Masks – The Answer to a New Threat Though not a weapon in the traditional sense, the gas mask became essential as chemical ...

Soldiers were only given one tag until World War I, when they were given two ... with additional information like gas mask size, and use their first initial instead of their full name.

A Norfolk man couldn't believe his luck when he found a fully intact Second World War gas mask while looking for driftwood on a Norfolk beach. John Aldridge had been scouring the groynes at ...