U.S.A. Veterans used as guinea pigs! All Veterans and families of Veterans should be shocked by this true horror! We at 'S.O.S.' (Save Our Soldiers) will do everything within our power to bring this story to the forefront of the news--but we need your help. If, after reading the below factual accounting of the atrocities heaped upon this country's Veterans--while unbeknownst to them at the time--and you would like to help spread the word--send an e-mail with a direct link to this page to those whom YOU want to make aware of this situation. Thanks for caring for them. They cared so much for you . . . The Editor (06/28/02) Vietnam War Stats! PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERY VETERAN AND MILITARY PERSON YOU KNOW! Updated Article By J. B. Stone click here Project SHAD, an acronym for Shipboard Hazard and Defense, was part of the joint service chemical and biological warfare test program conducted during the 1960s. Project SHAD encompassed tests designed to identify US warships' vulnerabilities to attacks with chemical or biological warfare agents and to develop procedures to respond to such attacks while maintaining a war-fighting capability. Although classified, the Department of Defense has been actively pursuing declassification of relevant medical information. To date, twelve SHAD projects have been evaluated and released for your review. The Department of Defense continues to search and declassify documents associated with this project, and will post additional information as it becomes available. click here American Servicemen used as Guinea Pigs! "Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense" (SHAD), was a program started in the early 1960's to learn the vulnerabilities of US warships during chemical or biological warfare attacks. Under "Project SHAD" were 113 different "Operations" or tests. US Naval crews and Marine personnel were sprayed with various biological and chemical germ warfare agents and stimulants. Some ships and Marine personnel were sprayed from flying aircraft over-head, while other tests on ships were being sprayed by aircraft carriers, which were upwind. While some high ranking personnel may have had knowledge of what was happening, most of the ships crews did not!!! Project SHAD was controlled by The US Army Desert Test Center, later to be known as Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. For over 35 years, The Department of Defense said, "there was NO Project SHAD". Today, the DoD admits that it tested the deadly nerve agent Sarin, known as VX, or biological toxins on American Servicemen, but said the information was, "classified". Lately, the DoD agreed to declassify all of the 113 "Operations" and inform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of the findings. Presently, 12 of the 113 have been declassified, although the information being released is very limited. The Department of Defense (DoD) is not releasing ALL the information needed by the Veteran, which would allow him to apply for treatment in a VA facility and to file a claim for service connected disability compensation. Only about 600 veterans of the estimated tens of thousands of those exposed to warfare agents have been notified they could be suffering from related dangerous health effects, according to VA and Pentagon officials. A study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs completed in September of 2001, but never released to the public or the affected veterans, suggests that Veterans, who participated in "Project SHAD", may be at increased risk for cerebrovascular diseases and respiratory diseases. That these Veterans are three (3) times more likely to die of respiratory and vascular brain diseases than the general population. Steve Robinson, executive director of the National Gulf War Resources Center, said: "These veterans could be dying at a rate three times greater than the general population from diseases that could be related to their military service." And: "We have a moral responsibility to set the record straight and that seems to be a problem for both the leaders in the Department of Defense, and the entrenched bureaucrats of the Department of Veterans Affairs." Agents and decontaminants used, different ones in different tests are: Bacillus globigii (BG), Coxiella burnetii, Pasteurella tularensis, Zinc Cadmium Sulfide, Beta-propriolactone, Sarin, VX, Escherichia Coli (EC), Serratia Marcescens (SM), Sodium Hydroxide, Peracetic acid, Potassium hydroxide, Sodium hypochlorite, "tracer amounts" of radioactivity and asbestos, Methylacetoacetate. Senator Bill Nelson (D) of Florida, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Rep. Mike Thompson (D) of California, plan to introduce legislation in their respective chambers next week, urging the Pentagon to reveal more information about the tests, known as "Project SHAD". Eleven other members of Congress have signed the request from Thompson. They have attached a provision on to Senate bill, S-2514, known as the 'National Defense Authorization Act,' to fund the declassification of 'Project SHAD.' The President has vowed to veto the bill. The tests involved substances that the military believed at the time to be harmless. But evidence now shows that some could be harmful!!! The Secretary of veterans affairs, Anthony Principi, urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to declassify more of the tests, "as quickly as possible." * Anyone that believes they were part of the SHAD tests should contact: Vietnam Veterans of America 8605 Cameron Street, Suite 400 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 301-585-4000, Fax 301-585-0519, 1-800-VVA-1316 The SHAD help line is at 1-800-749-8387 or contact VA by e-mail at: shadhelpline@vba.va.gov All known SHAD operations, dates of operations, the agents sprayed, and the ships and Marine personnel involved, in no particular order, are: Operation Dates Agent sprayed Ships involved Copper Head /Jan 24-Feb 25, 1965/Bacillus globigii, USS Power Zinc Cadmium Sulfide (FP-fluorescent particle) Shady Grove/Jan 22-Apr. 9, 1965/Bacillus globigii, USS Granville S. Hall, Coxiella burnetii (OU), Staphylococcal enterotoxin Type B _PG2) Uranine dye (sodium fluorescein) Autumn Gold/May 3-31-1963/Bacillus globiggi (BG), USS Navarro (LPA-215), USS Tioga County (LST-1158), USS Carpenter USS Hoel (DDG13), USS Granville S. Hall (Yag-40), Marine Air group 13, First Marine Brigade Purple Sage/ Jan & Feb 1966/Methylacetoacetate, USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833) Eager Belle I/ Jan-Mar 1963/Bacillus globiggi (BG), USS George Eastman(yag39) Eager Belle II/Feb-Mar 1963/Bacillus globiggi (BG), USS George Eastman(yag39), USS Granville S. Hall (yag40), USS Carpenter (DD-825), USS Navarro (LPA-215), USS Tioga County(LST-1158) Scarlet Sage/Feb 9,1966-Mar 4, 1966/bacillus globiggi, USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833). IF THEY DID THIS THEN--WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW? DoD News: the official news of the Department of Defense: click here Court Zaps Pledge Of Allegiance (CBSNews): click here I Pledge Allegiance -- By Red Skelton click here ===================================================================== (Jason Leigh is an active member in good standing with The American Legion and his name is inscribed on the Special Member Rolls of Honored Veterans). Social Security Disability Law (Sherry Abrams, attorney-at-law. She knows her stuff!). Back Update by J. D. Stone To VA Facts section
U.S.A. Veterans used as guinea pigs!
All Veterans and families of Veterans should be shocked by this true horror!
We at 'S.O.S.' (Save Our Soldiers) will do everything within our power to bring this story to the forefront of the news--but we need your help. If, after reading the below factual accounting of the atrocities heaped upon this country's Veterans--while unbeknownst to them at the time--and you would like to help spread the word--send an e-mail with a direct link to this page to those whom YOU want to make aware of this situation. Thanks for caring for them. They cared so much for you . . .
The Editor (06/28/02)
Vietnam War Stats!
PLEASE FORWARD TO EVERY VETERAN AND MILITARY PERSON YOU KNOW!
Updated Article By J. B. Stone click here Project SHAD, an acronym for Shipboard Hazard and Defense, was part of the joint service chemical and biological warfare test program conducted during the 1960s. Project SHAD encompassed tests designed to identify US warships' vulnerabilities to attacks with chemical or biological warfare agents and to develop procedures to respond to such attacks while maintaining a war-fighting capability. Although classified, the Department of Defense has been actively pursuing declassification of relevant medical information. To date, twelve SHAD projects have been evaluated and released for your review.
The Department of Defense continues to search and declassify documents associated with this project, and will post additional information as it becomes available. click here American Servicemen used as Guinea Pigs! "Project Shipboard Hazard and Defense" (SHAD), was a program started in the early 1960's to learn the vulnerabilities of US warships during chemical or biological warfare attacks. Under "Project SHAD" were 113 different "Operations" or tests. US Naval crews and Marine personnel were sprayed with various biological and chemical germ warfare agents and stimulants. Some ships and Marine personnel were sprayed from flying aircraft over-head, while other tests on ships were being sprayed by aircraft carriers, which were upwind. While some high ranking personnel may have had knowledge of what was happening, most of the ships crews did not!!! Project SHAD was controlled by The US Army Desert Test Center, later to be known as Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah. For over 35 years, The Department of Defense said, "there was NO Project SHAD". Today, the DoD admits that it tested the deadly nerve agent Sarin, known as VX, or biological toxins on American Servicemen, but said the information was, "classified". Lately, the DoD agreed to declassify all of the 113 "Operations" and inform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of the findings. Presently, 12 of the 113 have been declassified, although the information being released is very limited. The Department of Defense (DoD) is not releasing ALL the information needed by the Veteran, which would allow him to apply for treatment in a VA facility and to file a claim for service connected disability compensation. Only about 600 veterans of the estimated tens of thousands of those exposed to warfare agents have been notified they could be suffering from related dangerous health effects, according to VA and Pentagon officials. A study by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs completed in September of 2001, but never released to the public or the affected veterans, suggests that Veterans, who participated in "Project SHAD", may be at increased risk for cerebrovascular diseases and respiratory diseases. That these Veterans are three (3) times more likely to die of respiratory and vascular brain diseases than the general population. Steve Robinson, executive director of the National Gulf War Resources Center, said: "These veterans could be dying at a rate three times greater than the general population from diseases that could be related to their military service." And: "We have a moral responsibility to set the record straight and that seems to be a problem for both the leaders in the Department of Defense, and the entrenched bureaucrats of the Department of Veterans Affairs." Agents and decontaminants used, different ones in different tests are: Bacillus globigii (BG), Coxiella burnetii, Pasteurella tularensis, Zinc Cadmium Sulfide, Beta-propriolactone, Sarin, VX, Escherichia Coli (EC), Serratia Marcescens (SM), Sodium Hydroxide, Peracetic acid, Potassium hydroxide, Sodium hypochlorite, "tracer amounts" of radioactivity and asbestos, Methylacetoacetate. Senator Bill Nelson (D) of Florida, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and Rep. Mike Thompson (D) of California, plan to introduce legislation in their respective chambers next week, urging the Pentagon to reveal more information about the tests, known as "Project SHAD". Eleven other members of Congress have signed the request from Thompson. They have attached a provision on to Senate bill, S-2514, known as the 'National Defense Authorization Act,' to fund the declassification of 'Project SHAD.' The President has vowed to veto the bill. The tests involved substances that the military believed at the time to be harmless. But evidence now shows that some could be harmful!!! The Secretary of veterans affairs, Anthony Principi, urged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to declassify more of the tests, "as quickly as possible." * Anyone that believes they were part of the SHAD tests should contact: Vietnam Veterans of America 8605 Cameron Street, Suite 400 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 301-585-4000, Fax 301-585-0519, 1-800-VVA-1316 The SHAD help line is at 1-800-749-8387 or contact VA by e-mail at: shadhelpline@vba.va.gov All known SHAD operations, dates of operations, the agents sprayed, and the ships and Marine personnel involved, in no particular order, are:
Operation Dates Agent sprayed Ships involved Copper Head /Jan 24-Feb 25, 1965/Bacillus globigii, USS Power Zinc Cadmium Sulfide (FP-fluorescent particle) Shady Grove/Jan 22-Apr. 9, 1965/Bacillus globigii, USS Granville S. Hall, Coxiella burnetii (OU), Staphylococcal enterotoxin Type B _PG2) Uranine dye (sodium fluorescein) Autumn Gold/May 3-31-1963/Bacillus globiggi (BG), USS Navarro (LPA-215), USS Tioga County (LST-1158), USS Carpenter USS Hoel (DDG13), USS Granville S. Hall (Yag-40), Marine Air group 13, First Marine Brigade Purple Sage/ Jan & Feb 1966/Methylacetoacetate, USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833) Eager Belle I/ Jan-Mar 1963/Bacillus globiggi (BG), USS George Eastman(yag39) Eager Belle II/Feb-Mar 1963/Bacillus globiggi (BG), USS George Eastman(yag39), USS Granville S. Hall (yag40), USS Carpenter (DD-825), USS Navarro (LPA-215), USS Tioga County(LST-1158) Scarlet Sage/Feb 9,1966-Mar 4, 1966/bacillus globiggi, USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833). IF THEY DID THIS THEN--WHAT ARE THEY DOING NOW?
DoD News: the official news of the Department of Defense: click here Court Zaps Pledge Of Allegiance (CBSNews): click here I Pledge Allegiance -- By Red Skelton click here ===================================================================== (Jason Leigh is an active member in good standing with The American Legion and his name is inscribed on the Special Member Rolls of Honored Veterans).
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