War Research Service

The War Research Service (WRS) was a civilian agency of the United States government established during World War II to pursue research relating to biological warfare. Established in May 1942 by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, the WRS was embedded in the Federal Security Agency, the federal agency that administered Social Security and other New Deal programs in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Headed by George W. Merck, president of the Merck & Co. pharmaceutical firm, the WRS was headquartered at Fort Detrick, Maryland.

Being a civilian agency, the WRS was initially tasked to supervise the military Chemical Warfare Service's biological program. However, the WRS was disbanded in 1944, and the weapons research was continued under the exclusive oversight of the CWS.[1]

## References

* National Academies: Committees on Biological Warfare, 1941-1948
* Cutting Edge: A History of Fort Detrick (Chapter 4)

1. ↑ Luther E. Lindler, Frank J. Lebeda, George Korch, Biological Weapons Defense: Infectious Diseases and Counterbioterrorism, Humana Press, 2005, ISBN 1-58829-184-7, p. 156

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United States biological weapons program

Weaponized agents|

* Anthrax
* Botulism
* Brucellosis
* Q fever
* Enterotoxin type B
* Rice blast
* Tularemia
* VEE
* Wheat stem rust

Researched agents|

* AHF
* BHF
* Bird flu
* CHIKV
* Dengue fever
* EEE
* Glanders
* Hantavirus
* Lassa fever
* Melioidosis
* Newcastle disease
* Plague
* Potato blight
* Psittacosis
* Ricin
* RVF
* Rinderpest
* Smallpox
* Typhus
* WEE
* Yellow fever

Munitions|

* E120 bomblet
* E133 cluster bomb
* E14 munition
* E23 munition
* E48 particulate bomb
* E61 bomb
* E77 balloon bomb
* E86 cluster bomb
* E96 cluster bomb
* Flettner rotor bomblet
* M114 bomb
* M115 bomb
* M143 bomblet
* M33 cluster bomb

Operations and testing|

* Operation Sea-Spray
* Operation Big Buzz
* Operation Big Itch
* Operation Dark Winter
* Operation Dew
* Operation Drop Kick
* Operation LAC
* Operation Magic Sword
* Operation May Day
* Operation Polka Dot
* Operation Whitecoat
* Project 112

Facilities|

* U.S. Army Biological Warfare Labs
* Building 101
* Building 257
* Building 470
* Deseret Test Center
* Dugway Proving Ground
* Fort Detrick
* Fort Douglas
* Fort Terry
* Granite Peak Installation
* Horn Island Testing Station
* One-Million-Liter Test Sphere
* Pine Bluff Arsenal
* Plum Island Animal Disease Center
* Vigo Ordnance Plant

Related topics|

* Biological agent
* Biological warfare
* Entomological warfare
* Soviet biological weapons program
* Korean War bio-warfare allegations
* List of topics
* U.S. biological weapons program
* U.S. biological defense program
* U.S. bio-weapons ban
* War Bureau of Consultants
* War Research Service

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