Gas Masks

Gas Mask. NYSA_A3167-78A_B3_F9_04
Account from a Gas Victim, Nov. 4, 1918. NYSA_A0412-78_B4_F17_Gas_Account

Questions

1. According to the newspaper headline, how did the gas affect Private Howe?
2. Trenches kept soldiers reasonably safe from gunfire.  However, what could the trenches not protect soldiers against?
3. Why would the gas mask be such an important piece of a soldier’s equipment?

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