Information on possible agent orange contact

Comments: would like to know if I had agent orange contact while on the DMZ. Also I would like to know how to get the imjim scout patch and medal and the ribbons for my unit so that I can put them in a shadow box any help would be welcomed thank you

Keywords: Camp Wilbur Blue Lancer Valley

SUPPORT PERSONNEL & AGENT ORANGE

Comments: I am looking to hear from support personnel in South Korea who have nedical issues from their service. If you served in South Korea and did not have a Inf MOS then the VA treats you as you were never there. The VA will give an AGENT ORANGE REGISTRY EXAMINATION if you were there certain years even tho the toxin has a half shelf life of a hundred years. Help your brothers and yourself. We need the information. Those from 1967-1970 have a right for the AGENT ORANGE REGISTRY EXAMINATION but we need to expand that for more of our personnel.If you were assigned to task outside of your MOS then it is extremly inportant to hear from you. Please help your brothers. Bill Kenney hawkvets@gmail.com

Keywords: Support personnel in South Korea

Agent Orange Uijongbu Jun 72-76

Comments: Almost 20 yrs out of the US Army and I finally am on my search to prove we were exposed to Agent Orange in Korea.We served our country, and no matter what area a soldier was assigned, the duty was done to the fullness of capabilities. Koreans are still experiencing military toxin waste per various articles I have read. I have type-2 diabetes, HTN, quad bypass less than a year ago, lower extremities problems,sleep apea, eyesight/hearing lost. I still work for our country through a contract with DoD. I just would like myself and others to be represented and assisted. Yes, it will take away the millions/billions of dollars that seem to be going to other places. Has a soldier been forgotten? Yes Can it be fixed? Yes All I need is soldiers/civilians who were at Camp Essayons and surrounding areas to confirm it before I submit my review for additional VA disability. (I have a whole 10% right now). Anyone? Thanks to all of you who have and will continue the "fight."

Keywords: Gun Section, B Battery, D Battery, DMZ zone,Uijongbu, Camp Essayons, Korea

dmz, joint security area

Comments: my husband, joe mast was a guard on DMZ dec 69-Feb 71. he developed soft tissue sarcoma in 2003 and died in 2008. his camp was camp boniface, it was once called camp kitty hawk. joe applied for disability twice before he died and i am trying for benefits as his widow. VA denied him and will most likely deny me. before joe died, he received an email from jimanddebbie1@verizon.net. that email is not working now. he said he was at JSA in 1973 and the camp well was shut down. does anyone remember that? maybe the well was closed as it had dioxin in it. also, i need a map of the camp that shows where the water supplies are in relation to the spraying site, the DMZ. i believe after spraying stopped in july 69, the ground water remained toxic and the soldiers injested that toxin. i need to prove exposure to the VA in order to win my claim. i will appreciate anyones help. my email is tmast76@yahoo.com

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AO at Camp Pelham

Comments: Does anybody know if AO was used at Camp Pelham or at 4p1 Firing Base during 76 - 77 ?

Keywords: C-Battery, 4P1, DMZ, Russell T, Phil Hartman,

Agent Orange in Korea

Comments: I was exposed to agent Orange while serving with the US Army on the DMZ for at least one full year. I now have exteam pain and suffer from an unknown skin disorder. I do have several other related medical issues.

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Units exposed to A

Comments: This came from two websites, and gives the units presumptive for exposure, and a second website adds some support units, including 2d and 7th arty. Military Units Eligible (April 1968 to July 1969)Elements of four combat brigades of the 2nd Infantry Division:72nd Armor1st and 2nd battalions 7th Cavalry: 4th Battalion 9th Infantry 1st and 2nd battalions 23rd Infantry 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions 38th Infantry 1st and 2nd battalions 3rd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division:73rd Armor: 1st Battalion 10th Cavalry: 2nd Battalion 17th Infantry 1st and 2nd battalions32nd Infantry: 3rd Battalion Herbicide-Associated Health Conditions Presumptively Recognized Chloracne (must occur within one year of exposure to Agent Orange)Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma Soft tissue sarcoma (other than osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma or mesothelioma) Hodgkin's disease Porphyria cutanea tarda (must occur within one year of exposure)Multiple myeloma Respiratory cancers, including cancers of the lung, larynx, trachea and bronchusProstate cancerAcute and subacute transient peripheral neuropathy (must occur within one year of exposure and resolve within two years of date of onset)Chronic lymphocytic leukemiaSpina bifida (except spina bifida occulta) is a condition recognized in children of some Korea DMZ vets The following info from another webstie adds field artillery to the list of presumptive, and I know the VA now considers 2nd Div. Arty, as I have been approved for VA disability compensation based on my Type II diabetes. This week I was told beaVA rep. that my disability, 20% will change (go up) due to my need for Insulin. 3. Field Artillery, Signal and Engineer troops were supplied as support personnel as required. The estimated number of exposed personnel is 12,056. Unlike Viet Nam, exposure to Agent Orange is not presumed for veterans who served in Korea. Claims for compensation for disabilities resulting from Agent Orange exposure from veterans who served in Korea during this period will be developed for evidence of exposure. If the veteran was exposed the presumptive conditions found for Agent Orange exposure apply. www.vba.va.gov/ro/south/spete/news/notes/0304/2.htmAgent Orange Compensation [Non-Vietnam]: Until recently, the VA would grant compensation to veterans exposed to Agent Orange (AO) outside of Vietnam only if the claimant proved exposure to AO and provided a medical connection between the current disease and that exposure. VA is making an effort to equalize the treatment of all veterans exposed to AO. They recently announced that if exposure outside of Vietnam were proven, and the veteran had one of the ten diseases presumed by law to be related to exposure to AO, the medical connection would be presumed and the claim granted unless there were other disqualifying factors. This was noted in comments on the final rule adding diabetes to the list of ýAO diseasesý in 38 C.F.R. ý 3.309(e), at 66 Federal Register, page 23, 166 (May 8, 2001). In addition, any veteran concerned about exposure to AO during use, manufacture, testing or transport outside of Vietnam, may be given an AO physical by the VA and added to the Agent Orange Registry (VHA Directive 2000-027).The only real issue is proving exposure. All persons who served in Vietnam are presumed to have been exposed. The VA is determining whether Department of Defense information is sufficient to add some non-Vietnam units to the presumptive exposure list, but none have been added as of June 2001. The following areas outside of Vietnam have been confirmed as places where AO was used: 1. The Korean demilitarized zone in 1968 and 1969 (extensive spraying).

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Agent Orange in Korea!

Comments: I am a disabled Vet from the Korean Peninsula. I have diabetes and parental neuropathy of the feet also high blood pressure, spinal stenitas, ringing in the ears, plus a few other ailments. I spent approx. 8 years in Korea. from 1975 through 1987. My unit operated the four major radar sites on the DMZ. I believe that some of the condition that I have are due to Agent Orange. I was just turned down for a claim on diabetes and parentail neuropathy of the feet on April 13 2009 due to VA saying I did not serve in Viet Nam, I wonder what they were thinking, I told them I did not serve in Viet Nam. But due to the rules I had to spend at least 1 minute in Viet Nam to be awarded a disability. I was stationed at Camp Stanley in Uijongbu where all the Field Artilley was stationed. We rotated to the radar sites for two to three weeks at a time. I know AO was sprayed on the DMZ and the life of AO is approx 100 years so why is the VA and the United States trying to cover all this up? Any answer would be great so that I can appeal this decision. Thanks.

Keywords: Radar Sites 4, 11, 12, 13 on the DMZ

Agent Orange

Comments: My Dad Oras Bailey was in the Korean War. He often remarked about Agent Orange being used a lot in Korea. He had battled prostate cancer with success, then in Dec.2008, after a very brief hospital stay , Dr's found colon cancer and liver cancer. He lived 2 days after surgery, where Dr's said his kidneys failed, & his liver was engulfed in cancer. All 3 places of cancer were differnt types. Just wondering if Agent Orange might have played a part in his canceer.

Keywords: Couragous Marine 5th reg. , 1st div, 3rd Batt. of Korean War.

oranged?

Comments: i dig out lumps, maybe soft tissue sarcoma? the v.a. has given me three v.d. tests because of them, but won't enter for lumps in my record, my son has sore joints, and my grandsons have health problems. it looks like the government is killing us off by generations. as an engineer outfit we got to play in the dirt where the agents were fresh sprayed, along with living with the rodenticides and insecticides.

Keywords: crain, bunkers, roads, bridges

Agent Orange Korea 1964-1965

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agent orange

Comments: I have type 2 diabetes now how can I pursue this and do I have a claim. I walk and patroled everywhere over the bridge and back

Keywords: Camp Casey 74-75 Mp walking patrol Camp Pelham 76-77 Mp patrol everywhere

agent orange

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Keywords: at camp wagner the hill behind us was hill 191 we sprayed ao all the time up on dmz on the sides of the roads around the bunkers on both sides of the dmz along with ksc with hand sprayers they was dan bradley /chris ries/bernie marvin bovie/lynch/rabb. also me an pfc/smith

drying to get in touch with bernie marvin

Comments: bernie i need to talk with you about ao if you have your engineer book you and i work guard house our sgt was sgt bart can not spell the rest of it make soon are e- mail me with your ph no

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Agent Orange

Comments: Gentlemen. I have found an Interesting bit of info. for you. No matter how many times the Government Changes the names of camps...The MAP LOCATIONS ARE THE SAME. Pay close attention. I have ARGUED WITH MEN ABOUT THEIR LOCATIONS....as it turns out, the Camps have the SAME GRID CO-ORDINATES. Different NAMES. This is a great advantage when one is trying to find a camp that no longer exists. (Plausible Deniability) The Veterans Administration is currently treating men with AGENT ORANGE, BLUE, ETC.ETC. from the KNOWN DEFOILIATED AREAS INSIDE THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE D.M.Z. (and I dont mean from the Vietnam era) This area is still considered a sensitive area. (North of the Southern Boundary, or M.D.L.)If you have served within the D.M.Z. in the last 25 years....(and your still alive)PLEASE GET CHECKED. Cancer is rampant and Child mortality and illness is common amoungst exposed men. I am taking a great risk here. (Benefits) But I am one of the few survivors from my time period that actually LIVED inside the D.M.Z. for an entire year. and Yes... Its Fatal. SO WHAT CAN THEY DO?....SEND ME TO THE D.M.Z.? The "Unmapped Lake" at "G.P. Oullette" is a DIOXIN RUN OFF AREA. Yes...I have Photos, yes I have samples, and yes, I wont live long enough to help you. Stand up. They WILL DENY YOU....DOZENS OF TIMES. Dont EVER QUIT. Remeber who, and what YOU are, and dont let some pencil pushing s.o.b. tell you any different. The one thing WE HAVE NEVER DONE, IS STAND TOGETHER IN WASHINGTON D.C. Now thats a thought for your process. Dammit men....GET TOGETHER AGAIN AND FIGHT! ALL OF YOU! They have VERIFIED THE AREAS...and it wont be easy. Nothing we have ever done there has been. Its easy for the Government to deny one man. Its Impossible to deny ten thousand men. For my Manchus..."KEEP UP THE FIRE!" Now you admins of this website put THAT reunion together!

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agent orange used through-out korea

Comments: agent orange has been used though-out korea.not only at the dmz but else-where through-out the 60's & 70's

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2/38

Comments: served in Korea '68 and '69 as a driver in HHQ Company, Transportation. Drove troops to positions along DMZ and for a period of time was the Battalion Comander's Charles Dougherty (sp?)driver. Those responsibilities included evening/night drives (black out lights)along our positions. Since my non-triumphant return, I have suffered from numerous health issues and last year, '08, participated in the VA's Agent Orange Registry. Major issues were: Optic Neuritis, Hearing Loss, Multiple Sclerosis (diagnosed '98), Lung Cancer, Systolic Murmur, ..... My results will now be maintained by the VA? One of my outcomes is a very erratic memory. Other than info. in my DD214, I do not have a lot of significant memories as to day to day activities. Looking for help!

Donn H.

Keywords: deuce and a half Pete Evans, Winnie, Ralph Montoya

802 engeneer bat

Comments: need to know if anyone remembers. I know hve a variety of diseases.Looking for help with agent orange claim.Thanks

Keywords: camp santra barabra nickname[killer]

LOOKING FOR HAWK SITE NEAR OSAN, SUNGINEE CAPT KWIST LT BUIS SSGT GREEN 1ST LT SOTO CW3 RADAKE

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Keywords: my time in korea was74 to75 i was just outside of osan air base we rode a korean bus with chickens goats and it broke down alot,i worked in the orderly room and had an office up in the officers quarters fot conseling drug problems, alcohol problems and worked with the battery commander with these problems I need someone from the unit to contact me on a va claim for agent orange we were close to agent orange spray as it was used around tac site and our huts we lived in on the compound please contact someone will read this ben stafford sunginee

Agent Orange /info Help needed 2nd MP CO 2nd INF DIV/ 1967-1970

Comments: Major Heart and cancer diogn' Leukemea lyphnmia other problms Need others from unit or other Companies w/problms to contact me. mkit2000@cox.net Tony'02/06/09

Keywords: Pueblo'Freedom & Libby Bridge'Camp Casey' Haz - Mat- escorts-patrol North and South sides CIB Combat Pay

KOREA AGENT ORANGE

Comments: i was stationed at Camp Santa Barbara from April 1969 th july 1970 I came down with prostate cancer in 98 i also suffer from paripheral neuropathy in both feet I do receive VA compensation for the effects of prostate cancer but was denied for the neuropathy altho i think the two are connected anyone want to contact me or if i can help anyone or vise versa please feel free to call #302 478 7913 Cell # 302 563 4732 my cells # is the best bet or getting me Thank you jim

Keywords: A battery 2nd&76the arty

Agent Orange 1st Tank

Comments: I just learned about Agent Orange exposure for AO in Korea 68-69. During that time I was assigned to HHC 1/72nd Armor. Made countless trips on both sides of the Imjin guarding and recovering tanks and personnel. Also on SCOSI in all sectors. I have been suffering from type 2 diabetes since 1994 and have had lung problems. I have shadows on my right lung and now I am on oxygen 24/7

Keywords: I was assigned to the HHC 1/72nd Armor

Vets from Camp Mercer Korea 69-70

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Keywords: I was at Camp Mercer with the 40th Topo from Aug,69-70. I was the unit mailman\courier. I need buddy statements verifying we had to at times pull details around the compound spraying vegetation with Agent Orange. chow hall and barrack areas. There also was barrels stored in the 547th Engineer Float Bridge boat areas. Our outside fence perimeter area was kept clear by A\O application from Korean nationals working for us. Anyone detailed to spraying of A\O had to use a backpak or hand held pump sprayer. There were many times I had to change uniforms because of saturation. During this time of my service I was not aware of A\O or its effects. Nor were we advised. We were ordered to spray for rodent and vegetation control. Anyone with knowledge of or participated in at this compound, please e-mail as soon as possible. I am fighting for compensation for diabetes type ll, hypertension, eye problems and now possible prostate trouble. The VA says that my records show no exposure. What records? The statement in my package said they could not find my records. Of course the SOC that I was sent for my appeal is missing about 6 pages. What now?

Robert Evans

TAPS FOR ANOTHER GOOD MAN

Comments: I just learned yesterday that we have lost another Vet who was helping in the fight to change the Agent Orange Law for all Korea Vets.

Sp.4 Dennis A. Grahn who served in C Company, 2nd Engineer Bn, 2d Infantry Division suffered a fatal heart attack while traveling from his home in Fairfield, California to Oregon for Thanksgiving Dinner.

Dennis was very helpful in our effort by sending photos, statements and a copy of his Hostile Fire Pay Orders listing numerous other men. In Korea he worked on the massive job of installing the new chain link barrier fence, cleared old minfields and daily swept entry points and DP's for Infantry Patrols entering theZone. Dennis leaves his wife, Linda and one daughter that I know of.

Although he will be missed by friends and family, we know he is now in a better place and no longer suffering the effect of Agent Orange Poisoning.

Phil Steward, Captain (former) CO, Echo Company, 2nd Engineer BN, 2nd Infantry Division, Korea - 1968 - 69

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