Retorts and Dragons: The Creation of Chemical Branch Insignia

摘要

When the United States entered World War Ⅰ, it found itself woefully unprepared for the experience. Twelve other nations, including Portugal, could field more combatants than the small, peacetime American Army. The US military had only a pittance of modern implements, such as machine guns and rapid-fire artillery, necessary for an industrial war. Most obvious, however, was how unprepared the Nation was to engage in the chemical warfare taking place on the battlefields of Europe.