Producing WWI Charcoal Filter Gas Masks

Credit: Jon Poindexter | Date Taken: 03/05/2021
Naval historian Tom Frezza explains where the charcoal used in filters for World War I gas masks -- known as small box respirators -- came from, and how we built partnerships in the South Pacific because of it. Video by DOD's Jon Poindexter, Daniel Zaborowski, Katie Lange and Regina Ali