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E. Interim Report and Addendum: Feasibility of Developing a Cohort of Veterans Exposed to Mustard Gas During WWII Testing Programs
E. Interim Report and Addendum: Feasibility of Developing a Cohort of Veterans Exposed to Mustard Gas During WWII Testing Programs
Pages 370-377
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Susan Mather, ACMD for Environmental Medicine and Public Health, requested that my office investigate whether or not a cohort of WWlI veterans who had known exposure to mustard gas could be identified (Attachment 1~. Mustard gas was not known to be used for warfare during ~TWlI but a significant number of US military volunteers were exposed to the vesicant chemical during laboratory experiments on protective clothing, ointments and equipment.
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Bundy mentioned that 18 boxes of materials pertaining to the tests were also archived at the Suitland Federal Records Center. He told us it would be highly unlikely that any stored documents would contain personal identification.
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If the muster rods do not contain the records of temporary assignments, we can still search the muster rolls for potential matches by the last names listed in the NRL lab notebook and appropriate time periods. For example, Walker listed in Book #4211, January 1, 1944, to April 29, 1944, full-body chamber tests will be searched among the Bainbridge trainee muster rolls for the appropriate calendar period.
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During the review of the 18 boxes of documents stored at the Suitland Federal Records Center, the ESG team found a document which recorded that the 150th Infantry Regiment stationed in the Panama Canal Zone participated in a field test. The troops entered a contaminated jungle two hours after a test bombing of mustard gas.
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The special order lists participants by rank, full name, service number and date of participation. We selected a sample of eleven veterans listed in the Special Order and requested the NPRC's assistance in locating and reviewing their military personnel records.
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For example, I found the following entries of activities from a particular veteran's personnel records and the muster robs. Source Date Activities Muster Roll 1-22~5 Received by the Bainbridge Training Center Muster Roll ~9~5 Change of rating from Apprentice - Seaman to Seaman 2nd Class 3" x 5" Card ~28 45 to Temporary assignment to NRL & Personnel ~23 45 Records 3" x 5" Card 6 4 45 to Leave ~11~5 3" x 5" Card ~18~5 Participated in Experiment #107 at NRL Muster Roll ~30~5 Transferred to Navy Training Station, NorfoLk, VA The muster rods did not indicate that the veteran was transferred to the NRL for the period from April 28 to June 23, 1945.
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The muster rolls of the Bainbridge Navy Training Center will help narrow down the number of personnel record reviews necessary to
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2. If the total number of Army veterans who participated in the test conducted by the Chemical Warfare Service is "1002" as stated in the historical military documents, over half of them have been identified with their full names and service numbers.
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