mustard gas: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	dichlorodiethyl sulfide

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American soldiers in World War I uniforms, some wearing gas masks, advance with rifles during a simulated gas attack exercise on a rocky battlefield.

Mustard gas in World War I

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