Agent Orange secretly buried at US air base in Japan, some veterans say
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A Japanese newspaper is reporting that in the past year, more than 30 U.S. military veterans, including a Keene man, have claimed Agent Orange was present in Okinawa.Kris E. Roberts believes that while serving in the military in the early 1980s, he was exposed to Agent Orange that was secretly disposed of at a U.S. air station in Japan.
He was included in a Japan Times article published Friday on the issue.
Roberts says he believes the Marine Corps buried the herbicide at the Futenma air station in Okinawa after the U.S. banned the substance. He said he suspects health issues he suffers are the result of exposure to the chemical.
The air station is still active today and is near residential areas, the paper said.
The U.S. Department of Defense said it is aware of the claims made by Roberts, but records do not indicate that Agent Orange was ever present at Okinawa, said Major Catherine T. Wilkinson, a spokeswoman with the Department of Defense.
“While we respect the veteran’s service, the Department of Defense has found no records of Agent Orange being used, stored, disposed or transported through Okinawa,” Wilkinson said in an email.
During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military sprayed millions of gallons of Agent Orange and other herbicides on trees and vegetation, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs’ website. This strategy removed any foliage that could be used for hiding.
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cmc101
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we had a few gallons pump in our abandon oil and gas well in the US
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charliesommers
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And in violation of Status of Forces Agreements nuclear weapons were taken through Japan back in the 1960s.
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LivingPong
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While most of us are living in the Information Age, Governments are increasingly living in the Age of Vagueness.
The Department of Defence would actually have to begin looking for those records if they wanted to find them, but they have omitted mentioning if they have begun looking yet.
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LivingPong
