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Not just Germany, or Japan, but US Bomber pilots used Amphetamines in WW2[0], and the infantry in Vietnam[1]. [0]https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/J
by 24gttghh 8y ago
Not just Germany, or Japan, but US Bomber pilots used Amphetamines in WW2[0], and the infantry in Vietnam[1].
[0]https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/JINH_a_00212 https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/10.1162/JINH_a_00212
(I could only find this abstract about US use.)
[1]https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/the-drugs-that-built-a-super-soldier/477183/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/04/the-drugs...
- tonyarkles 8y agoNot just in WW2 and Vietnam, but much more recently than that. Search "go pills" in this unfortunately Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarnak_Farm_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarnak_Farm_incident
- 24gttghh 8y agoNBC from 2003: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3071789/ns/us_news-only/t/go-pills-war-drugs/ http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3071789/ns/us_news-only/t/go-pills...