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471: 131: 1423: 285: 2891: 94: 619: 611: 1414:. The branch insignia, which was adopted in 1918 by the fledgling Chemical Service, measures .5 inches in height by 1.81 inches in width. Crossed shells with a dragon head was also commonly used in France for the Chemical service. The Chemical Warfare Service approved the insignia in 1921 and in 1924 the ring adopted the cobalt blue enamel. When the Chemical Warfare Service changed designations to the Chemical Corps in 1946 the symbol was retained. 635: 1394: 49: 4268: 76: 4256: 650:. Despite the lack of chemical warfare during the conflict, the CWS saw its funding and personnel increase substantially due to concerns that the Germans and Japanese had a formidable chemical weapons capability. By 1942 the CWS employed 60,000 soldiers and civilians and was appropriated $ 1 billion. The CWS completed a variety of non-chemical warfare related tasks and missions during the war including producing 790: 269: 3718: 925: 2146: 2103: 1094:. Upon assuming that position, Abrams and others began to address the reformation of the Army in the wake of Vietnam. Abrams investigated the possibility of merging Chemical Corps into other Army branches. An ad hoc committee, designed to study possibilities, recommended that the Chemical Corps' smoke and flame mission be integrated into the 1301:, maintained that the effective, U.S. threat of nuclear retaliation halted Hussein from employing his chemical weapons. The locations of many of Iraq's chemical stockpiles were never uncovered and there is widespread speculation that U.S. troops were exposed to chemical munitions while destroying weapons caches, particularly near the 891:
information and liaison office in Tokyo patterned on the Frankfurt agency. The Chief Chemical Officer and Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (ACS/I) approved the recommendation and foresaw an activation date in financial year 1964. Two CCIA staff members again toured selected U.S. intelligence agencies in
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in 1990 and much of the world responded by amassing military assets in the region, the United States Army faced the possibility of experiencing chemical or biological (CB) attack. The possibility of CB attack forced the army to respond with NBC defense crash courses in theater. Troops deployed to the
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It is my thought that the major functions of the Chemical Warfare Service are those of a "Service" rather than a "Corps." It is desirable to designate as a Corps only those supply branches of the Army which are included in the line of the Army. To have changed the name to the "Chemical Service" would
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I am doing everything in my power to discourage the use of gases and other chemicals in any war between nations. While, unfortunately, the defensive necessities of the United States call for study of the use of chemicals in warfare, I do not want the Government of the United States to do anything to
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written around it in gold lettering. The phrase translates to: "We rule the battle through the elements.". The regimental insignia incorporates specific symbolism in its design. The colors, gold and blue, are the colors of the Chemical Corps, while the tree's trunk is battle scarred, a reference to
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had renounced the use of chemical weapons in 1989, many did not believe he would really honor that during a conflict with the United States and the broader coalition forces. As American troops headed to the desert, analysts speculated about their vulnerability to CB attack. Although the location of
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in the third quarter of financial year 1962. The purposes were to establish liaison with the Chemical Corps personnel, to reemphasize the importance of CBR intelligence, and to provide on the spot guidance and discuss the establishment of a U.S. Army Chemical Corps Information and Liaison Office in
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Before deploying to France in 1917 many of the soldiers in the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas and Flame) spent their time stateside in training that did not emphasize any chemical warfare skills; instead the training focused on drill, marching, guard duty, and inspections. Despite the conventional
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The Chemical Corps Regimental Association operates the "Chemical Corps Hall of Fame". The list includes soldiers from many different eras of the Chemical Corps history, including Amos Fries, Earl J. Atkisson, and William L. Sibert. The organization conducts annual inductions, and the honor is
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The earliest predecessors to the United States Army Chemical Corps owe their existence to changes of military technology early in World War I. By 1915, the combatants were using poison gases and chemical irritants on the battlefield. In that year, the United States War Department first became
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U.S. Army Chemical Corps Information and Liaison Office, Europe (CCILO–E) was established and located in Frankfurt, Germany. During November and December 1961 two CCIA officers visited the Far East on an intelligence collection trip. This visit led to a recommendation by CCIA to establish an
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to house researchers. The U.S. military paid to convert classrooms into laboratories. Within a year of setting up the center, the number of scientists and technicians employed there would increase from 272 to over 1,000. Industrial plants were established in nearby cities to synthesize toxic
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measures, among other missions. As the war progressed into the late 1960s, public sentiment against the Chemical Corps increased because of the Army's continued use of herbicides, criticized in the press as being against the Geneva Protocol; napalm; and riot control agents.
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Gulf with protective masks at the ready, protective clothing was made available to those troops whose vicinity to the enemy or mission required it. Large scale drills were conducted in the desert to better acclimatize troops to wearing the bulky protective clothing (called
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wrote in 1944, "We Should Have Used Gas at Tarawa because "You Can Cook 'Em Better with Gas". Despite rising between 1944 and 1945, popular public opinion never rose above 40 percent in favor of the use of gas weapons. Where there was support for Chemical Warfare was in
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had to approve the move, because it had officially established the Chemical Corps in 1946. Congress chose to table action on the fate of the Chemical Corps, leaving it in limbo for several years. Recruitment and career advancement was halted and the Chemical School at
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made great strides in their biological warfare programs, especially concerning delivery systems. During the Korean War (1950–53) chemical soldiers had to again man the 4.2 inch chemical mortar for smoke and high explosive munitions delivery. During the war, the
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directed that the Gas Service Section consist of four majors, six captains, 10 first lieutenants and 15 second lieutenants. Additional War Department orders established a Chemical Service Section that included 47 commissioned officers and 95 enlisted personnel.
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I have a far more important objection to this change of name. It has been and is the policy of this Government to do everything in its power to outlaw the use of chemicals in warfare. Such use is inhuman and contrary to what modern civilization should stand
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On 28 June 1918, the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) was officially formed and encompassed the "Gas Service" and "Chemical Service" Sections. By 1 November 1918 the CWS included 1,654 commissioned officers and 18,027 enlisted personnel. Major General
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from its positions. Doughty included a detailed drawing of the shell with his letter. It is unknown how the military reacted to Doughty's proposal but the letter was unnoticed in a pile of old official documents until modern times. Another American,
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reaffirmed a no first-use policy on chemical weapons as well as renouncing the use of biological weapons (BW). When the U.S. BW program ended in 1969, it had developed seven standardized biological weapons in the form of agents that cause
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Beginning in the late 1960s, the chemical warfare capabilities of the United States began to decline due to, in part, a decline in public opinion concerning the corps. The corps continued to be plagued with bad press and mishaps. A
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training, the public perceived the 30th as dealing mainly with "poisonous gas and hell fire". By the time those in the 30th Engineers arrived in France most of them knew nothing of chemical warfare and had no specialized equipment.
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pushed superiors to approve the use of poison gas against Japan. "We have an overwhelming advantage in the use of gas. Properly used gas could shorten the war in the Pacific and prevent loss of many American lives," Porter said.
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for failure to address shortcoming identified five years earlier during combat in the Persian Gulf War. These shortcomings included inadequate training, a lack of decontamination kits and other equipment, and vaccine shortages.
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Though the political leadership of the United States remained decidedly against the use of chemical weapons, there were those within the military command structure who advocated the use of such weapons. Following the
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translates to: "We rule the battle by means of the elements." The Chemical Corps regimental insignia was approved on 2 May 1986. The insignia consists of a 1.2 inch shield of gold and blue emblazoned with a
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which forbade "first use" of chemical weapons. Even countries who had signed the Geneva Protocol still produced and stockpiled chemical weapons, since the Protocol did not prohibit retaliation in kind.
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The Chemical Corps, like all branches of the U.S. Army, uses specific insignia to indicate a soldier's affiliation with the corps. The Chemical Corps branch insignia consists of a cobalt blue,
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By 1982 the Chemical Corps was running smoothly once again. In an effort to hasten chemical defense capabilities the corps restructured its doctrine, modernized its equipment, and altered its
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After the end of the Korean War, the Army decided to strip the Chemical Corps of the 4.2 inch mortar system and made that an infantry weapon, given its utility against Chinese mortars.
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storage site. After the war, analysis suggested the chemical defense capabilities of U.S. forces were woefully inadequate during and after the conflict. In addition, some experts, such as
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aggrandize or make permanent any special bureau of the Army or the Navy engaged in these studies. I hope the time will come when the Chemical Warfare Service can be entirely abolished.
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In 1946, the Chemical Warfare Service was re-designated as the "U.S. Army Chemical Corps", a name the branch still uses. With the change came the added mission of defending against
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served in the 1st Gas Regiment during World War I. Rickey spent over four months as a member of the CWS. Other Hall of Famers also served in the CWS during World War I, among them
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but may have succeeded in driving enemy soldiers from their positions. Shepherd was a well-known geologist at the time and his proposal was in the form of a letter directly to the
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Letter to the Senate on Chemicals in Warfare.," 4 August 1937. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project.
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The school trains officers and enlisted personnel in CBRN warfare and defense with a mission is "To protect the force and allow the Army to fight and win against a
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served in the CWS making poison gas during World War I, and he later earned the Nobel Prize in 1966 for his work on the electronic structure of molecules.
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was the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas and Flame). The 30th was activated on 15 August 1917 at Camp American University A 17 October 1917 memorandum from the
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passed laws to implement a program to train civilian, law enforcement, and fire agencies on responding to incidents involving chemical agents. Further,
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the historical beginnings of U.S. chemical warfare, battered tree trunks were often the only reference points that chemical mortar teams had across
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Besides supplying flame weapons, and preparing for any eventuality of weapons of mass destruction, the Vietnam-era Chemical Corps also developed "
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oversaw the creation of a new military unit dealing with gas, the Gas Service Section. The government recruited soldiers for it to be based at
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to assist the Army and Navy in creating a gas war program. Researchers at the Bureau of Mines had experience in developing gas masks for
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Popular support was not completely lacking. Some newspaper editorials supported the use of chemical weapons in the Pacific theater. The
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report concluded that U.S. troops remained highly vulnerable to attack from both chemical and biological agents. The report blamed the
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Arlington Hall Station, Photographs, Written, Historical and Descriptive Data, Historic American Buildings Survey, Mid-Atlantic Region
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The CWS provided support for flame weapons, such as this flame thrower being employed during the Battle of Tarawa, during WWII.
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was established on 28 June 1918, combining activities that until then had been dispersed among five separate agencies of the
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van Courtland Moon, John Ellis. "United States Chemical Warfare Policy in World War II: A Captive of Coalition Policy?" (
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and they tasked the Medical Department with developing the technology. Nevertheless, troops were neither supplied with
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During all parts of the war, use of chemical and biological weapons were extremely limited by both sides. Italy used
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chemical units began fielding equipment and training Soldiers to perform mass casualty decontamination operations.
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was one of several key events which increased the growing public furor against the corps. An open air spraying of
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To dignify this Service by calling it the "Chemical Corps" is, in my judgment, contrary to a sound public policy.
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By the mid–1970s the chemical warfare and defense capability of the United States had degraded and by 1978 the
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CHAPTER XV, The Flame Thrower in the Pacific: Marianas to Okinawa, WWII Chemical in Combat, Dec 2001, p. 558
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nor trained for offensive gas warfare until the U.S. became involved in World War I in 1917. By 1917, the
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LVT4 Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Unarmored (Mark IV), John Pike, GlobalSecurity.Org, July 2011, paragraph 5
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The Chemical Warfare Service deployed and prepared gas weapons for use throughout the world during
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served as the first director of the CWS on the day it was created, and he resigned in April 1920.
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characterized U.S. ability to conduct operations in a chemical environment as "not prepared."
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Chemical and Biological Defense: Emphasis Remains Insufficient to Resolve Continuing Problems
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Hoeber, Amoretta M. and Douglass, Jr. Joseph D. "The Neglected Threat of Chemical Warfare", (
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Finding My Father's War: A Baby Boomer and the 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion in World War II
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Finding My Father's War: A Baby Boomer and the 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion in World War II
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Appendix B: Principal Officials of the War Department and Department of the Army 1900–1963
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have been more in keeping with its functions than to designate it as the "Chemical Corps."
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produced more flamethrowing tanks than commercial production in the States. The Army and
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against Jews, political prisoners and other victims in extermination camps during the
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and deployed to assist and support Army gas operations, both offensive and defensive.
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chemicals for use in research and armaments. Shells were filled with toxic gas in
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Chemical-Biological Defense: U.S. Military Policies and Decisions in the Gulf War
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General Sibert Resigns: Head of Army's Chemical Warfare Service Resented Transfer
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humans, but to destroy plants which provided cover or concealment to the enemy.
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was opened and used for BW production, and research facilities were expanded at
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United States Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) School
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Hussein's chemical munitions was unknown, their existence was never doubted.
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ordered the resumption of Chemical Corps officer commissioning. However, the
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interested in providing individual soldiers with personal protection against
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rescinded the 1972 recommendations, and in 1976 Army Chief of Staff General
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during World War I. The tree design was taken from the coat of arms of the
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In 1918, the 30th Engineer Regiment (Gas and Flame) was redesignated the
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Behind the Gas Mask: The U.S. Chemical Warfare Service in War and Peace.
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and a tree. The shield is enclosed on three sides by a blue ribbon with
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The Chemical Corps continued to support U.S. forces through the use of
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Mims, Samuel E. "Survey: Perceptions About the Army Chemical Corps" (
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A defoliant run during the Vietnam War, part of Operation Ranch Hand.
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The CB-H2 flamethrower seen here on Iwo Jima had a range of 150 yards
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Evidence Iraq Used Chemical Weapons During the 1991 Persian Gulf War
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unleashing chemical or biological munitions; Eric R. Taylor, of the
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U.S. Army's branch for CBRN/WMD defense, research and counterforce
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and the growing concern about a terrorist chemical attack, the
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From 1952 until 1999 the Chemical Corps School was located at
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From 1952 until 1999 the Chemical Corps School was located at
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claiming the U.S. used biological agents during the Korean War
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As in World War II, chemical soldiers would have employed the
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Army units and formations of the United States in World War I
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Khamisiyah: A Historical Perspective on Related Intelligence
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opposed changing the name of the Service to Corps, stating:
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and other weapons. Chemical soldiers were also involved in
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A center for chemical weapons research was established at
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Are Our Troops Ready for Biological and Chemical Attacks?
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which serve as a deterrent to any adversary possessing
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as a precautionary retaliatory measure was sunk in an
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commemorating the formation of the Army Chemical Corps
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threat. Develop doctrine, equipment and training for
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was blamed for killing over 4,000 sheep near the US
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Chemical Corps (United States Army)
U.S. chemical weapons program

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Army
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