Re: Malathion Exposure -- Chemical Exposure Of Military Dog Handlers

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Subject: Re: Malathion Exposure

Author:
Paul Miles, 3rd SPS B Flight

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Date Posted: 17:09:24 04/09/03 Wed
In reply to: Dale Warke 's message, "Malathion Exposure" on 20:33:02 10/17/02 Thu

>I served in the US Air Force as a Security Police Dog
>Handler. My first duty assignment being Clark Air
>Base, Republic of the Phillipines. I was as K9 handler
>with the Military Working Dog Section, 3rd SPS
>(B)flight. I was stationed there for approx.3 and 1/2
>years in the 70's. I remember dipping our dogs about
>twice a month. We first had an old tub filled with the
>solution and picked our MWD up and dunked them in.
>Then used a laddle or canteen cup to poor the dip over
>the ares which were not immersed. Later a walk through
>dip tank(ramp&pit)was made of concrete. The handler
>would walk the MWD on leash to the pit and follow
>outside as the dog swam through.There were times many
>handlers had to walk into the dip tank to pull their
>dog through or keep them from jumping over the sides.
>When the dip tank was not availble, we were required
>to sponge the dip on the dog by hand from a bucket.
>This always resulted in the handlers being soaked in
>the solution as well as the dogs.
> I seem to have most of the short-time symptoms and
>some of the long-term symptoms.
> My question is, where do we go from here?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Dale -

Where the heck are you now - lost track of you in IL - did you relocate? What health problems are you experiencing as a potential result of our stint in the PI - hope this finds you - how's the family?

Brother Miles..........

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donald deen
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Date Posted: 19:34:02 08/26/05 Fri

Hope you can help me I was at Pope in 1961-1962 I went TDY in Jan 1962 to Clark AFB for 4 months. We went over when the C-123�s went. I worked on these planes when they came back to Clark from Vietnam > I washed down these planes, they had herbicide on them and inspected them. I need to find some of the guys that went over with me to say I was there. The VA has denied my claim of agent orange exposure. Because I was not in Vietnam. I know they rotated the planes from Vietnam to Clark every 100 flying hours. So I was exposed. I have stage 4 prostrate cancer. I is a rapid growing kind. Not what you get from old age. Seems like all of us expsosed have to prove we were there and prove our job. I need help now.. don�t have much time left. I know last names of some of the guys, not much help tring to find someone that way. Here are some names if you can help�.paul robachaw, charles woodward, Airman Trott Airman Raines Lt Sterman and Capt kempe he was acting commander at Clark. Some of the names not sure the spelling�hope you can help�Donald Richard Deen