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200 12$aA bridge not attacked$b[electronic resource] $echemical warfare civilian research during World War II /$fHarold Johnston
210   $aRiver Edge, N.J. $cWorld Scientific$dc2003
215   $a1 online resource (274 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a981-238-152-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCONTENTS; Preface. National Defense Research Committee (NDRC); Chapter 1. Hal; Chapter 2. Egbert; Chapter 3. Sam; Chapter 4. Withlacoochee; Chapter 5. Jungles; Chapter 6. Florida 1945; Chapter 7. Other Divisions of NDRC; Chapter 8. Principals and Contributors; Index
330   $aThis book gives an almost forgotten history concerning civilian university scientists, who carried out research on defense against poison gases in some unusual places during World War II. Most of these were graduate students, working under the direction of professors at the California Institute of Technology (Cal tech) and the University of California (Berkeley). The first job on these projects was to make major improvements on gas masks. Later, most activities were done outdoors to assess the effects of terrain and meteorological conditions on the travel and dissipation of toxic gas clouds. Action took
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