Ira Baldwin
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Ira Lawrence Baldwin was the founder and director emeritus of the Wisconsin Academy Foundation. He began teaching bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin in 1927 and a few years later moved into w
Baldwin in 1950
Biological warfare
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Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans,
Ira Baldwin
…earned a Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. George W. Merck, a key member of the panel advising President Franklin D. Roosevelt on aspects of biological warfare, brought many scientists into uniform for a top secret, coordinated effort to defend against possible enemy use of biological weapons and to devise a…
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jess V. Hernandez, right, assigned to the 119th Maintenance Squadron, leads Airmen through extreme cold, harsh winds and snow on their way to chemical and biological warfare training
Shirō Ishii, commander of Unit 731, which performed human vivisections and other biological experimentation
Researchers working in Class III cabinets at the US Army Biological Warfare Laboratories, Camp Detrick, Maryland (1940s).
US authorities granted Unit 731 officials immunity from prosecution in return for access to their research.