Dave wrote:
Is the "fairy tale" that the pills (or injections or whatever) were
ineffective against gas?

As far as anybody knows, they might... or might not... be.

Guess what... conventional gas counter masures still work fine. And
don't give anybody severe health problems later on.



And you want to shrug it
off. WTF, it's only a bunch of poor dumb ex-enlisted men, right?


They didn't provide the protection to the officers in the field?

AFAIK commissioned officers had the option of not taking them.

DSK