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* ★ *Gas Drill GivesTTWAACs Real Sniffrst I rdi:e»!Of War Danger1C-1-:o-ay:r-il-es-j ' Incendiary Bombs Uj Exploded In Real Test i For Advanced Groupill | •13.1 A sandy, hilly clearing became 301 a simulated ba ttle front for 3y i WAACs stationed at Branch A, [S_ j Fifth WAAC Training Center, he j Camp Ruston, a few days ago, y_ j when a graphic dramatization of B. S defense against chemical attack was enacted with the* WAACs as active participants.Realism was the keynote of the demonstration. When a “gas guard,” supposedly guarding troops bibouacked nearby, detected a suspicious odor and rang the gas alarm, the women soldiers quickly donned their gas masks as protection from the “mustard gas” which had been released. They were shown the proper method of decontaminating ground .and buildings, after trained non-commissioned officers crawled on their stomachs •through slit trenches and foxholes, adjusting their masks while in prone position.Two types of incendiary bombs were set off, and it was demons strated that smothering them by shoveling sand and earth on the flame is the only efficacious method of extinguishing them. When water was sprayed on them, the bombs exploded, burnt more fiercely,. and shot forth sparks that would ignite nearby buildings.* As their gas wafare “attack” came to an end,, the the WAACs walked through a column of screening smoke, used to cover ’ troop movements.The demonstration was under the supervision of Third Officer Ruth E. Headers, assistant chemical, warfare officer at Camp Ruston. -She is a graduate of the Chemical .Warfare School, Edge-I wood. Arsenal. dVId.. and one of the first 12 WAAC officers selected to attend this school.. '■ — O— :-. .d-i.gem-,8•ty:thngchce.heon3;raishce;t-%MTAAthjshdupr.IllanGiIrishpronshshmpim« GrofCfWHoM ‘
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Tue, Jun 08, 1943
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