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Getting Burned; A Look Back at the Navy's Mustard-Gas Experiments. It's Enough to Make You Sick
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The gas came boiling out of a pipe near the ceiling in the small,
square room at the Naval Research Lab in Anacostia, and the men
inside, wearing canvas suits and gas masks, watched it come. It was
the winter of 1944, and the young recruits, some only 16, had
volunteered to test "summer clothing" for the Navy. They are old now,
and many are sick, but they all remember watching the gas drift down -
a dreamy white mist, like artificial snow.
They knew by then it was mustard gas, but they didn't panic. Even
when it stung their skin and seared their throats, got down in the
sweaty parts between ...
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Philip Murray, 85; owned island store, helped others Philip Murray, 85; owned island store, helped others
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...of the sartorial world knew of Philip Chase Murray for his Nantucket Reds slacks...Though he was the boss, Mr. Murray still waited on customers and...He was born on Nantucket to Philip Murray Jr. and Alice (Chase) Murray...
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News From USW: Steelworkers, Western Pennsylvania Union Members to Dedicate Philip Murray Bridge following Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade.
Business Wire
; ...1:30 p.m. to dedicate the Philip Murray Bridge connecting the South Side...neighborhoods over the Monongahela River. Philip Murray (1886-1952) was the first...former 10th Street Bridge to the Philip Murray Bridge in honor of this important...
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Forging a Union of Steel: Philip Murray, SWOC, and the United Steelworkers.
Magazine article from: Industrial and Labor Relations Review
; Forging a Union of Steel: Philip Murray, SWOC, and the United Steelworkers This useful anthology...Workers of America (USWA), and the union's leader, Philip Murray. Neither the union nor Murray has received anything...
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President of United Steelworkers of America to deliver the first Philip Murray Memorial Lecture on Nov. 13, at Penn State University.
PR Newswire
; ...Williams will deliver the first Philip Murray Memorial Lecture on Thursday...Calif.; "Labor's Odd Couple: Philip Murray and John L. Lewis," professor...Battling About Government's Role: Philip Murray, the U.S.W.A., and the...
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PHILIP MURRAY, 69 WORKED FOR STATE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; Philip G. Murray, an employee of the engineering section...home in Cohasset. He was 69. Mr. Murray, who retired in 1979, was born in...state Rep. Mary Jeanette (Hurwitz) Murray; two sons, Philip G. Jr. of Hanover and Nathaniel...
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Philip Murray Students Celebrate Arbor Day With Art & Education Activities.
PR Newswire
; ...PITTSBURGH, April 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- History will repeat itself this Friday, April 28, as students of Philip Murray School in Mt. Oliver will plant a number of trees in honor of Arbor Day, just as Nebraska City students did to commemorate...
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Philip Murray Bridge traffic restrictions set
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
; Traffic on the Philip Murray Bridge, formerly known as the 10th Street Bridge, will be restricted to a single lane in each direction next week while crews...
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Lane closures planned on Philip Murray Bridge on South Side
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
; Traffic on the Philip Murray Bridge will be restricted to a single lane in each direction between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. today and Wednesday for bridge inspection...
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PECTION TO CAUSE LANE RESTRICTIONS ON PHILIP MURRAY BRIDGE JULY 20-24
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...Allegheny County issued the following press release: Allegheny County Public Works today announced that traffic on the Philip Murray (S. 10th Street) Bridge, which connects the Armstrong Tunnel and Second Avenue to Pittsburgh's South Side, will...
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Boeing's flight plan; Condit's grand design: CEO engineers his company's biggest adventure yet.(Philip Murray Condit manages the company's move to Chicago)
Newspaper article from: Crain's Chicago Business
; In Philip Murray Condit, Chicago is getting a scholarly technocrat with a civic conscience-in that fixed order. By moving corporate headquarters...
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