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Men of the Royal Norfolk Regiment at Aldershot now undergoing a course of revolver shooting wear gas masks while at practice in order to got used to wearing the masks under all conditions. Two Tommies sighting the target in their gas masks. (World War I)
Do You Know Which African American Inventor Created Which Product?