Army Tested Mustard Gas On WWII Soldiers Grouped By Race And Compared Results Against ‘Normal’ White
The Pentagon admitted decades ago to using American troops to conduct experiments with mustard gas, but a recent investigative report revealed the military grouped subjects by race and compared the results against “normal” whites.
The military tested mustard gas and other chemical agents with about 60,000 enlisted men serving as proxies for enemy troops, reported NPR.
Those troops were broken into racial groups, with white soldiers used as scientific control groups to establish what a “normal” reaction would be, and those results were compared to the reactions of other ethnicities.
“They said we were being tested to see what effect these gases would have on black skins,” said Rollins Edwards, a 93-year-old black veteran who took part in the experiments.
Edwards said he and about a dozen other soldiers were taken to a wooden gas chamber and locked inside, where a mixture of mustard gas and lewisite were piped in.
The veteran said the chemical agents made him feel like he was on fire, and he said some troops fought to escape.
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