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A former South Korean Army 1st sergeant exposed that the U.S. military sprayed the toxic defoliant Agent Orange more than the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the mid-1950s, Seoul's Yonhap news agency noted Monday, amid an ongoing investigation into allegations of chemical dumping through the U.S. military over 3 decades in the past in South Korea.
In accordance with Yonhap, Eum Do-nam stated that Agent Orange was sprinkled over the DMZ from aircraft by the U.S. military three to 4 times in a month in 1955. The retired 77-year-old 1st sergeant served his duty close to the DMZ around that time.
Eum stated the spraying of the poisonous chemical was carried out only by the U.S. military, without having participation from South Korean troops.
In 1967, he needed to scatter Agent Orange powder with his bare hands at places exactly where enemies could pass through, whilst becoming watched from the U.S. military, according to Yonhap.
Eum has suffered crooked fingers and paralysis of his left leg because 20 years in the past and was acknowledged like a victim of Agent Orange coverage in 2007.
Eum's account may be the very first made by a South Korean relating to the allegations of chemical dumping through the U.S. military in South Korea.
The allegations arrived for the surface area soon after 3 U.S. Army veterans claimed on the U.S. television program that they buried about drums of Agent Orange at Camp Carroll in Chilgok, southeast of Seoul, in 1978.
South Korea along with the United states have launched a joint investigation into the allegations.
In accordance with Yonhap, Eum Do-nam stated that Agent Orange was sprinkled over the DMZ from aircraft by the U.S. military three to 4 times in a month in 1955. The retired 77-year-old 1st sergeant served his duty close to the DMZ around that time.
Eum stated the spraying of the poisonous chemical was carried out only by the U.S. military, without having participation from South Korean troops.
In 1967, he needed to scatter Agent Orange powder with his bare hands at places exactly where enemies could pass through, whilst becoming watched from the U.S. military, according to Yonhap.
Eum has suffered crooked fingers and paralysis of his left leg because 20 years in the past and was acknowledged like a victim of Agent Orange coverage in 2007.
Eum's account may be the very first made by a South Korean relating to the allegations of chemical dumping through the U.S. military in South Korea.
The allegations arrived for the surface area soon after 3 U.S. Army veterans claimed on the U.S. television program that they buried about drums of Agent Orange at Camp Carroll in Chilgok, southeast of Seoul, in 1978.
South Korea along with the United states have launched a joint investigation into the allegations.
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