10 photos
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An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers (LOC)
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- 37 comments
- 271 favorites
- 126,208 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Sailor at the Naval Air Base wears the new type protective clothing and gas mask designed for use in chemical warfare, Corpus Christi, Texas. These uniforms are lighter than the old type (LOC)
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- 11 comments
- 221 favorites
- 77,399 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-08
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpfsac1a34870, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, white, gloves, mask, gasmask, goggles, chemicalwarfare, war, uniform, protectiveclothing, navy, sailor, corpuschristi, texas, howardrhollem, 1942, hazmat, hazardousmaterials, unitedstatesnavy, usnavy, usn
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Tank commander, Ft. Knox, Ky. (LOC)
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- 9 comments
- 34 favorites
- 50,805 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Marine lieutenant by the power towing plane for the gliders at Page Field, Parris Island, S.C. (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 20 favorites
- 30,371 views
- Date taken: 1939
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-09
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Mine rescuer (LOC)
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- 6 comments
- 143 favorites
- 28,423 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-04-11
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain10906, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, goggles, mask, lantern, mine, rescuer, davey, lamp, rebreather, minerescuer, oxygenmask, protectivegoggles, gasmask, chemicalwarefare, primitivegasmasj
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The Insidious and Deadly Gas that Creeps Noiselessly Down Toward the Foe (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 19 favorites
- 26,921 views
- Date taken: 1919
- Date uploaded: 2011-11-10
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American, British, French, & German masks [gas] (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 55 favorites
- 13,865 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2016-07-15
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German Protection against gas bombs (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 8 favorites
- 8,030 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2012-11-16
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U.S. Navy - gun crew with gas masks, 3/11/25 (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 6 favorites
- 7,458 views
- Date taken: 1925
- Date uploaded: 2019-07-05
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain33184, deckgun, navalartillery, cannon, navalgun, unitedstatesnavy, usnavy, usn, sailor, sailors, warship, gasmasks, gasmask, chemicalwarfare, 5in51calibergun, 5inch51calibergun, 551gun, navalcannon, navalgunnery, 5ingun, 5inchgun
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Fanning gas (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 5 favorites
- 6,524 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2016-06-03
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