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A World War Two replica gas mask on loan from a museum for a window display was accidentally sold by a charity shop. The artefact was put in the window at St Roccos Hospice shop in Stockton Heath ...
Though poison gas wasn’t used during the D-Day invasion, Allied forces came prepared. In this video, we explore the ...
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 ...
Sometimes parents have to explain things to their kids in more child-friendly terms. During World War II, that meant outfitting a child with a weird Mickey Mouse gas mask. It was 1942, just about ...
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 ...
On January 7th, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor, T.W. Smith, Jr., the owner of the Sun Rubber Company, and his designer, Dietrich Rempel, with Walt Disney’s approval introduced a protective ...
Story Written For My Grandaughter of my Experiences During WW2 by bushmills_library. ... everyone had an identity card with their details on and they were kept in our gas mask case. ...
Kids Playing in Gas Masks and Other Spooky Photos from World War II Keystone Press Agency INC. NY. Courtesy: Daniel Blau Munich/London Lasting for 267 days, the Blitz rendered 1.4 million people ...
Downstate man who wore Revolutionary War costume and gas mask at Jan. 6 riot gets 2.5 months in jail Derek Nelson’s defense attorneys say his head “was full of nonsense, discontent, and ...