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On January 7th, 1942, one month after Pearl Harbor children, TW Smith, Jr., the owner of the Sun Rubber Company, and his designer, Dietrich Rempel, with Walt Disney’s approval, introduced a character gas mask. This design of the Mickey Mouse gas mask for children was presented to Major General William N. Porter, Chief of the Chemical Warfare Service. After approval of the CWS, Sun Rubber Products Company produced sample masks for review. Other comic book character designs were to follow, depending on the success of the Mickey Mouse mask.
I do, I’ve seen it before, it would be cool to see one in person
…This is a combination of scary, and holy shiz, that would be the coolest thing ever?!