January 3, 2007

Invading Sailors in Gas Masks Carry Radio Transmitter (Dec, 1936)

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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1936
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Invading Sailors in Gas Masks Carry Radio Transmitter
Playing at “war” on the English coast, a landing party of sailors representing the invading enemy donned gas masks and went ashore at Studland Beach near Swanage, to be met by a small defending party of British soldiers. The sailors carried a portable radio transmitter with a self-contained receiver to maintain communications with their supporting navy.

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