Existing comment:
"At first the troops didn't notice the gas and were not uncomfortable, but in the course of an hour or so, there was marked inflammation of their eyes. They vomited, and there was erythema of the skin... Later there was severe blistering of the skin, especially where the uniform had been contaminated, and by the time the gassed cases reached the casualty clearing station, the men were virtually blind and had to be led about, each man holding on to the man in front with an orderly in the lead."
-- Colonel Harry L. Gilchrist, Medical Director of the American Expeditionary Forces Gas Service, describes the first American mustard gas casualties |