Every November we stop to reflect on the unimaginable sacrifices that our armed forces have suffered and continue to endure serving our country. Something as simple as breathing clean air was a challenge and at times not within reach for those in the theatre of war operations. In the early 1800s, firefighting, diving, mining, and medical masks were invented but rudimentary in nature, barely sealing tight enough around an elaborate mustache. The most convenient method to prevent inhalation was to hold a wet handkerchief to your face or soak it in anti-gas chemicals including sodium hyposulphite, washing soda or glycerin. Augustus Siebe developed a diving helmet that introduced the concept of an air entry tube and used air exit filter. This design would later be combined with other pending patents that applied charcoal filters to create respirators for gas masks in warfare. By 1914, Garett Morgan had devised a safety hood and smoke protector, which made national news when it saved the lives of 32 men trapped beneath Lake Erie in a tunnel following an explosion. The carbon monoxide respirator was built by the British in 1915 before the use of chemical weapons when it was discovered that unexploded enemy shells released enough toxins to kill soldiers in the trenches, foxholes, or close proximity environments. Despite all these mask inventions, The Battle of Ypres during WWI left soldiers unprotected and many would succumb to the chlorine gas released by German forces. Local WWI & WWII veteran, James Braglin, used this mask in WWII when he served as an instructor at the Wetaskiwin training base. Please tune in next week to get more history behind the mask.
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