Keywords: 131753 A WHALEBOAT BEING LOWERED OVER THE SIDE OF RAN DESTROYER HMAS QUADRANT, ESCORTING SHIPS ABOUT TO BE SCUTTLED WITH THEIR LOADS OF POISON GAS.JPG en AT SEA A WHALEBOAT BEING LOWERED OVER THE SIDE OF RAN DESTROYER HMAS QUADRANT ESCORTING SHIPS ABOUT TO BE SCUTTLED WITH THEIR LOADS OF POISON GAS IN THE BOAT IS MAJOR WILLIAMSON CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERT UNITED STATES ARMY BEING TRANSFERRED TO LANDING SHIP TANK LST 814 TO FIRE THE TEN BEEHIVE CHARGES ALREADY SET FUSES HAD BEEN LAID PREVIOUSLY WITH ENDS OVERHANGING THE SIDE OF THE LANDING SHIP TANK THIS WAS PART OF OPERATION LEWISITE TO REMOVE AND DESTROY POISON GAS MAINLY MUSTARD AND LEWISITE FROM THE TOKYO 2ND ARMY ARSENAL 131753 Queale Alan 1946-08-12 Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov Chemical weapons in Okunoshima 1946-1947 |