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August 1918. This was precisely when the fighting in France was at its worst. The pits went to a factory in San Francisco, where they were made into carbon filters. It took 200 pits to make a single carbon filter for a soldier to survive one gas attack.

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3 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:

 ........... or his Dad ......

Who was a little more successful at avoiding conscription.

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