US troops playing baseball in gas masks, Long Island, New York, USA, WW1, 1918

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1827455/us-troops-playing-baseball-in-gas-masks-long-island-new-york-usa-ww1-1918

Army motorcycle messengers training in gas masks, Richmond, Virginia, USA, WW1, 1918?

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1820901/army-motorcycle-messengers-training-in-gas-masks-richmond-virginia-usa-ww1-1918

Soldiers training in gas masks, San Francisco, USA, WW1, 1918

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1810123/soldiers-training-in-gas-masks-san-francisco-usa-ww1-1918

So, I'm wondering if wearing good eye protection and a half-face respirator with appropriate filters would work. Has anyone used that combo?

Best #GasMasks
On #TearGas, and what it means when the government uses it on civilians.

by Sarah Jeong
Jan 29, 2026, 8:00 AM EST

Excerpt: "I was tear gassed by the government for the first time in July 2020 at one of the many #BlackLivesMatter protests that broke out all over the country. The feeling is excruciating, like your lungs are trying to kill you from the inside out. The sting in your eyes is painful, too. But oddly, after you’ve been tear gassed enough times, you mostly just resent the inconvenience of having to stand around and involuntarily gasp and sob. That summer, I learned the art of walking out of a cloud of tear gas — briskly, but not too briskly, lest you lose breath control and take in a huge huff of aerosolized pain.

"I thought about this five years later, as I watched Trump Attorney General Pam Bondi appear on Fox News after Customs and Border Protection agents killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. 'How did these people go out and get gas masks?' she asked, incredulously. 'These protesters — would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask, right now? Think about that.' "

Learn more:
https://www.theverge.com/policy/868571/best-gas-masks

#USPol #WorldPol #ProtestSafely #Resistance #Fascism #Authoritarianism

Troops in gas masks, Mesopotamian Front, WW1, 1918

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1651173/troops-in-gas-masks-mesopotamian-front-ww1-1918