US Department of Veterans Affairs

The US military experimented on about 60,000 enlisted soldiers to study the effects of mustard gas, exposure that affected the health of veterans for the rest of their lives. Courtesy: United States Library of Congress

The Soldiers Used as ‘Guinea Pigs’ by the US Military, Then Discarded

Jessica Huseman, ProPublica 18/11/2017

During the Second World War, the government subjected thousands...