One solution the military devised was this extremely eerie Mickey Mouse gas mask. These masks were designed to shield children from chemical warfare and to calm them with the dead-eyed visage of ...

When our nation entered World War II, I was enrolled as a first-grader at John Eaton Elementary School in the District. During the early months of 1942, I seem to recall being issued a gas mask by ...

A World War Two gas mask, found in a loft in Kendal, has been reunited with its original wartime owner after 70 years. The faint writing of a name, June Hughes, and an address, led to Yard 46 Cafe ...

Though poison gas wasn’t used during the D-Day invasion, Allied forces came prepared. In this video, we explore the protective gear, training, and tactics soldiers carried with them in case ...

Soldiers of the 44th Division at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in a gas mask drill. The experiments however, exposed troops to chemical weapons without such protection. Bettmann/CORBIS During World War II ...

More than 75 years later, one of Rita Stewart’s childhood experiences during World War II can still catch up with the Vancouver woman. It can hit her in a big-box store, as Rita and husband ...

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Car crushing and Spitfire displays at military show. Attribution. Surrey. Posted. ... Suspected World War II bomb discovered in town. Attribution. ... Museum's WW2 gas mask sold by charity shop in ...