Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated July 1943 by JL&S Books & Films 1942 The September 19

1942 The September 19

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Original U.S. WWII Paratrooper Gas Detection Brassard Marked Dated July 1943 by JL&S Books & Films 1942 The September 19Original Item: Only One Available. For the Normandy invasion, American troops were provided with a variety of chemical warfare equipment, as it was still unknown whether AH would employ poison gas on the battlefield in an effort to prevent the breaching of the Atlantic Wall. One measure taken was that all Allied invasion clothing was saturated with CC 2, an oily, smelly gas repellent that made GI uniforms stiff and uncomfortable (scenes of GIs boiling