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>>> I am frustrated at nonsense the Va gives us in our >>search for the answeres to our health problems that >>those of us that served in the secret war of Thailand >>Loas.Its as if we are traitors for asking for what we >>earned so many years ago.At NKP there was a55galon >>drum that had redish-orange markings on the top and >>bottom rings and a reflective white ring in the middle >>ring and I have picture of it behind mortar pit three >>where I worked as agunner. Have seen this same picture >>on a building out side of than sanut Vietnam in >>picture Dennis Cooke displayed on VSPA site. And >>beside this barrel are others marked in colors of >>pink,blue.green,purple and one with a small orange >>ring about mid way. Now I'm colored blind to a degree >>but I could make out the colors.CIA was on NKP and >>they flew regular out of there on hellis and fixed >>wing 2 engine air craft that looked like c123.I and a >>large group went to a SF camp that was in the middle >>of the mekong river at the LOAS and Cambodian borders >>tpo train with SF men to be prepared to go to Phenom >>Phen to resuce the embassy personel and other American >>Civilians and I have pictures of goin ther twice.The >>Captian of SF told us that if we had vistors of the >>bad type crosed over from the area towards Vietnam we >>would have to fight swim or die in trying to escape >>back to Thialand.The only way ther was by helicopter >>so we carried needed supplies of cement that they >>needed to build protective places for traing >>insurgents and that we could not take pictures of any >>asian personnel.There were no written orders becuse >>this place was nonexsitence as far as the goverment >>was concerned. An so is the agents that were used and >>they only let Thais apply these chemicals they would >>dust every other day in our hutches with apowder and >>the next time would be with a liquid form that would >>take tour breath away.It gave me blisters in my nose >>and the area spraying of the perimeter and any other >>area men were at at night time pulling duty to keep >>the mosqitoes under control so as we would not >>contract malaria even though you took a quine tablet >>every day. But there is one VERY IMPORTANT fact that >>sbeen missed any one who went threwAZR training at >>Medina annex next to Lackland was exposed to radiation >>contaiminated soil because of a nuclear accident at >>one of bunkers was blown up and the blast destroyed >>bunker in the late 50's or early 60's.It was not >>anuclear blast but the explosives that set of the >>nuclear reaction went ofcausing a radiatin leak. Any >>one who worked Sac security knows that danger thats >>why we had drills to know where to put up the intial >>corodon and if went hot as beening dirty you had to >>the next amount of area that you would have to set up >>and evactuwait. This should be hard to prove by >>looking up in the Santonio news papers. I saw the >>destoyed bunker area when I went to AZr in Setptember >>of 72. THanks to everyone who's tried to help. My >>cliam has been remanded back to Claims center for >>further study By the BVA.I should hear from them soon >>and if I win Illtry to help others mine's 6 years old. >>And I intend to win thats what the Air Force taught >>me. TIM > > > > > >Tim I was sent to Lackland AFB in 69 for some kind of >training with heavey weopons. I beleieved it to be >called Camp Bullock or something like that, been a >long time (CRS) never new of any atomic acciddent >there? Anyway went from there to U-Tapoa AFB Thailand >in March of 69 served with the 635th Security Police >Sq. Til March of 70.While at U-Tapoa I had a bunch of >differant dutys there, Guard towers, runway guard, >mortor pit, bunker pit, and patrol duties with, >armorded personel carries, V-100s i beleive they were >called, drove them all, jeeps with 50 cals on them >with no ammo for them and most with m-60s with ammo. >But the best job I had there was getting the Thai >Guards and SP there box lunches and wrapped up Thai >food for the RTG, had that job for almost 9 months >before coming back to the states. Anyway heres my >story of Herbisides at U-Tapoa. The perimiter of the >base, and in other areas were void of any growth what >so ever. I seen with my own eyes the spraying of some >kind of defoliant with what looked like a tank truck >with a high pressure sprayer on it, it could spray at >least a 100 ft. As it did to keep a 100ft. fire zone >around the perimiter of the base. This stuff was also >sprayed on all the bunkers and mortor pits. anywhere >there was need for a no vegetion. It was used widely >all over the base. If I remember correctly it was a >orange/yellow color. Also I remember the spraying for >bugs at night all through out the base at night. I >have just been diagnosed with type 2 dibetes in Jan >06, also have had 2 cancer operations on the skin, >melignent malinoma, and carcinoma Spelling sucks. I >need proof that the stuff they spayed at the base >U-Tapao was indeed agent orange, any help would be >appiceated. Thanks hddocfl@aol.com

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