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CWS Has UniqueAnd Important JobThe arrival of the 89 th Chemical Motorized Battalion brings a new type of organization to Camp Gruber and directs our attention to just what the Chemical Welfare .Services in the army means.One of the most indispensable of all U. S. fighting men is in the running for the dubious distinction of becoming the forgotten soldier of this war. He would be remembered more often in the hoad-Iins as well as by arm chair strategists if it were not for the popular misconception that his only fighting weapon- is gas.... t... hfow'■ that the soldier ■ haR'been all but, identified as a GI of the Chemical Warfare Service, it is a paradox that the Army itself regards him as one of the most important members of the combat team. He no longer specializes in preparing war gases for possible' o retaliatory use against the enemy. That is just one of his duties. He is also skilled in many new and important techniques of war-, fare that the average person doesn’t associate with chem- ical warfare.The- chemical warfare soldier, for instance, is skilled in providing smoke screens to cover American troops pouring ashore on invasion beaches, and in providing signal smokes he has as many colors to offer as a dime store ribbon counter.Ernie Pyle recently reported seeing colored smoke in use, each color serving as an identifying guide for allied sky fleets.“This near ‘forgotten soldier’ has made the enemy appear ridiculous in countless engagements,” says Col. Rich-' ard A. Eads, chemical war-|pre officer of the Eighth Service Command. “The Chemical Warfare Service has helped him to foil the enemy with(Cpntinued on Page Four)
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Gruber Guidon
Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Sep 29, 1944
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