The U.S. Fires Her First Mustard Gas Shell (Observer, 1918)

A cartoon by Alban B. Butler illustrating the overwhelming sense of glee that overcame American 1st Division artillerymen of World War I when they were charged with the task of firing the very first mustard gas shells ever to be fired by U.S. forces:

For months Americans had suffered from repeated concentrations of German mustard gas without the chance to retaliate in kind.

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