There were unverified reports that Sadam Hussein released chemical agents under cover of oil fires.
Yes, however there were many who never set foot in Iraq who got it.
There were unverified reports that Sadam Hussein released chemical agents under cover of oil fires.
That’s the first of heard of that. My unit was bivouacked not far from the oil fires. One day, we had to put on all our chemical gear because 4 alarms went off almost simultaneously. All positive for mustard gas.
The unit commander told us to report this upon return and have it registered in our medical files. The colonel doing my return physical put up a fight and stated the army does not support any allegations chemical/biological agents were deployed.
After a tense back/forth, he entered, “SM (service member) believes to have been exposed to mustard gas.” Or something close to that.