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Colonel - George Frederick Unmacht

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Colonel - George Frederick Unmacht Veteran

Birth
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Death
10 Jan 1954 (aged 66)
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Burial
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA GPS-Latitude: 21.3118477, Longitude: -157.8475342
Plot
G, 61
Memorial ID
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Col Unmacht was the US Army in Hawaii chemical warfare officer, Hawaii Territorial Coordinator for Civilian Gas Defense and Joint service Pacific theater chief chemical warfare officer under Adm. Nimitz in WW2.

Col Unmacht invented the Child BUNNY GAS MASKS. WWII

April 3, 1942 edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ran an article about "A New Easter Bunny." The bunny was not a rabbit; it was a gas mask. The article read, "The Easter season in Hawaii coincides with the manufacture of 'bunny masks' designed to provide gas protection for infants, and children."

Col George F Unmacht and Irene Laura Unmacht married on Dec 11 1943.

Died at Tripler Army Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii 10 Jan 1954
Col Unmacht was the US Army in Hawaii chemical warfare officer, Hawaii Territorial Coordinator for Civilian Gas Defense and Joint service Pacific theater chief chemical warfare officer under Adm. Nimitz in WW2.

Col Unmacht invented the Child BUNNY GAS MASKS. WWII

April 3, 1942 edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin ran an article about "A New Easter Bunny." The bunny was not a rabbit; it was a gas mask. The article read, "The Easter season in Hawaii coincides with the manufacture of 'bunny masks' designed to provide gas protection for infants, and children."

Col George F Unmacht and Irene Laura Unmacht married on Dec 11 1943.

Died at Tripler Army Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii 10 Jan 1954


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