After 55 years, the men of World War II's forgotten fleet finally are getting their due. We've been waiting 55 years for recognition. Based at Manila Bay in the Philippines when America joined the war, the fleet of aging ships with obsolete equipment and inadequate supplies battled the Japanese in the western Pacific for three months, outnumbered 10 to 1, in a combined force with Australian, Dutch, and British allies. Due to the heroism of the allied Asiatic Fleet, final Japanese victory in the Western Pacific was destined to delay, and delay was the one thing the Japanese could not tolerate. Delay proved fatal.
Exposure causes skin pain, pruritis, redness, vesicles, necrosis and sloughing of epidermis.
Effects on the airway include nose and throat pain, nasal discharge, itching and sneezing, cough, dyspnea, wheezing, chest pain, and hemoptysis. Toxin also produces effects after ingestion or eye contact. Severe poisoning results in prostration, weakness, ataxia, collapse, shock, and death. Confirmation requires testing of the blood, tissue and environmental samples. There is no specific antidote.