Protection Against Bacteriological Warfare
Item Details
Title
Protection Against Bacteriological Warfare
Topics
This memo for the Chief of Staff discusses measures to prepare US troops for biological warfare.
Date
1944
Conclusions
The US armed forces are not currently trained against biological warfare. Officers should be trained in how to respond to BW. All "X" antitoxin should be accumulated and transferred to England, and US troops should be immunized once better intelligence justifies such action. We should continue and increase production of "X" toxoid at Camp Detrick and in commercial biological houses.
Files
Source
Somervell, B. Memorandum for the Chief of Staff; "Protection Against Bacteriological Warfare." January 6, 1944.
Citation
“Protection Against Bacteriological Warfare,” Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA), accessed January 15, 2025, https://cobrabiosecurity.org/items/show/352.