OIL-MUSTARD"

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100996_nbc_035.txt		
	NBC DESK LOG	
03 MARCH 1991		
TIME	INCIDENT	ACTION

031130	SHIFT CHANGE. ACTIONS BROUGHT FORWARD:	
	   -- POSSIBLE CHEM CASUALTY	
		
031230	MAJ KUEHN FROM DNA CALLED. FAXED A BUNKER FOOTPRINT	
	FROM PREVIOUS RUN. DISCUSSED NEED TO GET THIS 	
	PREDICTION FROM D2PC VS WHAT DNA HAS UPLOADED -- 	
	HE'LL WORK ON THAT. ADVISED (AS HE ALREADY KNEW)	
	THAT THERE IS NO DATA ON DISPERSION/TRANSPORT ETC. OF	
	"L OR HQ, BUT HE'D GET SOMEONE TO MAKE SOME SORT OF"	
	COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT W/ WHAT WE DO HAVE DATA	
	(HAZARD PLOTS) FOR.	
		
031420	"LTC ADAMS, 3AD CHEM OFF, CALLED TO SAY A SAMPLE "	
	FROM BUNKER SITE WHERE THE POSSIBLE CHEM CASUALTY	
	OCCURRED WAS HANDED OVER TO TECH INTELL. HE WAS IN	
	THE PROCESS OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DETAILS WHEN WE	
	WERE CUT OFF.	
		
031450	PASSED INFO RECEIVED FROM LTC ADAMS TO ARCENT AND	
	ASKED THEM TO GET THE DETAILS THROUGH VII CORPS.	
		
031500	"SGM GROSEVNOR, ARCENT, CALLED BACK WITH INFO FROM"	
	VII CORPS NBC (CPT CLARK) THAT THEY HAD IDENTIFIED THE	
	BUNKER IN QUESTION AND THE FOX IDENTIFIED WEAK HD. 	
	WAITING ON MM1 (MS) TAPE TO CONFIRM.	
		
031515	LTC WADE (CCSG) ADVISED THAT COL DUNN HAS CONFIRMED	UPDATE OF SPOT
	"THAT THE SOLDIER OF THE 3D AD DOES HAVE BLISTERS,"	REPORT PROVIDED
	"CHARACTERISTIC OF H (MUSTARD) CHEMICAL AGENT, ON HIS"	TO TEAM CHIEF
	UPPER AND LOWER LEFT ARM. INJURY IS RELATIVELY MINOR	AND COL GAIN.
	AND SOLDIER HAS BEEN RETURNED TO DUTY. A URINE	
	SAMPLE HAS BEEN TAKEN IN ORDER TO CONFIRM AGENT 	
	TYPE THROUGH THIODOGLYCOL ANALYSIS. HE ALSO 	
	REPORTED THAT HE HAS HEARD A RUMOR OF ONE FEMALE	
	"SOLDIER, NOW IN KUWAIT CITY, WHO MAY HAVE ""SIGNS AND"	
	"SYMPTOMS OF CHEM AGENT POISONING."" NO SURE WHAT "	
	THIS MEANS AND HE WILL CHECK THIS OUT.	
		
031810	ARCENT (SGM GROVESNER) ADVISED THAT CHEM CASUALTY	
	HAPPENED ON AFTERNOON OF 28 FEB. SOLDIER NOTICED	
	REDDENING OF SKIN ON 1 MAR AND SMALL BLISTERS 2 MAR.	
	HE WENT TO THE MEDIC ON AFTERNOON OF 2 MAR.	
	REPORTED TO ARCENT ON 3 MAR.	
	
031820	COL BELIHAR (CCSG) PROVIDED MEMO FROM THE INFO CCSG
	REC'D ON THE CHEM CASUALTY INCIDENT. EXPOSURE WAS 
	CLASSIFIED AS MILD BUT A LATENT PERIOD OF 8 HOURS
	DOES NOT COMPARE WITH ARCENT REPORT THAT INCIDENT
	OCCURRED ON 28 FEB.
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