The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Art & Photography A People's Tragedy is a

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The Gas and Flame Men: Baseball and the Chemical Warfare Service during World War I Art & Photography A People's Tragedy is aDescription 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