The original caption for this World War I photograph reads: Gas mask drill and Camp Dix, Wrightstown, New Jersey.
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Recruits Prepare for a Gas Mask Drill
- 1/1919
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952.
National Archives Identifier: 26423932
Full Citation: Chemical Warfare Service – Drills- Schools – Gas mask drill at Camp Dix, Wrightstown, New Jersey; 1/1919; Chemical Warfare Service – Drills- Schools, 1917 – 1918; American Unofficial Collection of World War I Photographs, 1917 – 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 – 1952, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/recruits-prepare-gas-mask-drill/, April 29, 2026]
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