GI spraying a DDT/kerosene mixture in a southern Italy house, during post-WWII Mediterranean antimalarial campaign. 1945. I love how he’s smoking a pipe while spraying kerosene and DDT on a child.

GI spraying a DDT/kerosene mixture in a southern Italy house, during post-WWII Mediterranean antimalarial campaign. 1945.

I love how he’s smoking a pipe while spraying kerosene and DDT on a child.

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