Word: mask
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Mahoney, Chemical Warfare Officer, First Service Command, and Capt. Harry Levine, Chemical Warfare Officer, Boston Harbor Defense, were in charge of the first demonstration. With Chemical Warfare as the subject, a complete presentation was given including gas mask drill, gas chamber exercise, identification of gases, chemical land mines, decontamination, smoke, and incendiaries...
...down in a pressurized cabin which in turn was within a low-pressure chamber. A hole was punctured in the cabin, the air whooshed from the major's lungs. He was not seriously affected. Apparently close to collapse, he was still able to put on an oxygen mask and pull himself together...
...Mask of Dimitrios (Warners). When Cornelius Latimer Ley den (Peter Lorre), a writer of detective thrillers, first saw Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott), Dimitrios lay murdered on a slab in the Istanbul morgue (see cut). Scenting a story, Leyden decided to case Dimitrios' history...
...Souvenir collections (Jap helmet, canteen, gas mask, paper money) are still selling strong in New Britain, asking prices are in fresh eggs, steaks, oranges, canned goods. ¶Wristlets and watch bands made from scrap plane duraluminum, stamped "Guadalcanal," "Tarawa," etc., bring $8 to $15, depending on workmanship. Polished cat's-eye shells, strung as necklaces, range from...
Back at his English base, Lieut. Overstreet found that his oxygen mask had failed. For 90 minutes he had flown an airplane over France, unconscious...