Deposition of Project 112/Shad Technical Director, a 'Ringing Indictment' of Defense Department, Says Vietnam Veterans of America

U.S. Newswire › January 13, 2004

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Calling the testimony in the deposition of the former technical director of Project 112/SHAD "a ringing indictment of the actions of the Department of Defense," Thomas H. Corey, National President of Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), has called on Congress to investigate the continuing cover- up surrounding 112/SHAD.

During Project 112/SHAD -- the acronym for "Shipboard Hazard and Decontamination" - American sailors and soldiers from 1963 through 1972 were the often unwitting subjects of the testing of chemical and biological agents, simulants, and decontaminants. These include anthrax, sarin, and betapropriolactone, now acknowledged to be a carcinogen and causes genetic damage. At the heart of the controversy is that the military has been investigating its own misconduct.

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Deposition of Project 112/Shad Technical Director, a 'Ringing Indictment' of Defense Department, Says Vietnam Veterans of America

The former technical director, J. Clifton Spendlove, Ph.D., was deposed by lawyers for the plaintiffs i...

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