National Archives, tagged under chemical warfare service and drills, is said to have been captured by Underwood and Underwood. The historic 1918 snapshot found in the U.S. “This was somebody’s idea and it took off because everybody likes playing baseball,” said Ouellette, “It’s just a fun game!”
She later found that baseball games were used as training aids and morale boosters for military personnel during WWI. “The Influence of America’s Game on the Country’s Chemical Training in WWI,” she discovered a historic military photograph from 1918 showcasing Soldiers posing in gas masks with baseball bats and mittens in hand. While conducting research for her senior thesis, She is currently an undergraduate student at the American Military University, slated to graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in history. Aimee Ouellette, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and safety noncommissioned officer with the 655th RSG. The idea for the historical recreation was spawned from U.S. 12, 2020, at Joint Training Center-Jordan, paying tribute to former service members who used the sport to prepare for chemical warfare during WWI. Army Soldiers with 655th Regional Support Group, 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), 377th Theater Sustainment Command, donned their gas masks and participated in an improvised game of baseball Feb.
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