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From: mmm@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Drugs in War
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Date: 22 Dec 89 06:03:29 GMT
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From: mmm@cup.portal.com
I'd heard that vitamin A (actual vitamin A, not a code name for amphetamine)
was given to WW2 bomber personnel to improve their night vision.  I'd heard
this in an article I read about the discovery that sharks were a prodigous
source of the raw material.

Is this true?  Or is the bit about "vitamin A" being fed to bomber crews
over Germany just a cover story for serious drug use.