The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Art & Photography his most famous patient

his most famous patient

The result is history as both narrative and recollection

Assigned to be an "observer

the German Empire invaded neutral Belgium in order to outflank the defenses of the French army

Waking in a makeshift hospital days after collapsing in the street

The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Art & Photography his most famous patientDescription By Jim Leeke Hardcover When the United States officially entered World War I in 1917, it was woefully underprepared for chemical warfare, in which the British, French, and Germans had been engaged since 1915. In response, the U. S. Army created an entirely new branch: the Chemical Warfare Service. The army turned to trained chemists and engineers to lead the chargeand called on an array of others, including baseball players, to fill out