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For years, claims have spread on social media platforms that a Mickey Mouse gas mask was produced during World War II. The oldest social media post we found that contained the claim was posted on ...
On January 7th, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor, T.W. Smith, Jr., the owner of the Sun Rubber Company, and his designer, Dietrich Rempel, with Walt Disney’s approval introduced a protective ...
A World War Two gas mask, found in a loft in Kendal, has been reunited with its original wartime owner after 70 years. The faint writing of a name, June Hughes, and an address, led to Yard 46 Cafe ...
Message 1 - Gas Masks Posted on: 31 December 2005 by Mrs K E Foulger. My name is Kay. It was interesting that you mentioned that your gas masks steamed up just like mine.
When our nation entered World War II, I was enrolled as a first-grader at John Eaton Elementary School in the District. During the early months of 1942, I seem to recall being issued a gas mask by ...
Sometimes parents have to explain things to their kids in more child-friendly terms. During World War II, that meant outfitting a child with a weird Mickey Mouse gas mask.. It was 1942, just about ...
WW2 Clips. A teacher tells her young pupils how to put on their gas masks correctly. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.
A World War Two gas mask, found in a loft in Kendal, has been reunited with its original wartime owner after 70 years. The faint writing of a name, June Hughes, and an address, led to Yard 46 Cafe ...