This narrative has been rewritten based on new information that was presented to the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses since this paper’s initial publication in May 1997. The changes that have been made include:
The narrative now reflects that explosive ordnance disposal personnel surveyed the area two days prior to the exposure event and identified the substance as CS. M256 detection kit tests conducted in the vicinity on the same day produced negative results for chemical warfare agent.
The narrative now states that the canister spill and subsequent injuries actually occurred on September 14, 1991. The original narrative described the event as occurring on September 16, 1991.
This narrative, as did the original narrative, includes Fox NBC reconnaissance vehicle tapes that originated from a separate training event that occurred on September 16, 1991. The substance that was tested was the same as that to which the soldiers were exposed on September 14th. The Fox tape printouts for the September 14th event have not been located and therefore are not included in this report.
This narrative includes information about the differing reports on the color of the powder. We now have several eyewitness reports and contemporary documentation that the powder was dark in color. However, as reported in the first paper, we also have reports that the powder was light-colored.
The narrative now asserts that the Fox vehicles initially alerted for cyclosarin on the day of the exposure incident, but that a full spectrum analysis identified CS presence. Two days later, on September 16th, the Fox vehicles initially alerted for sarin, but a full spectrum analysis once again identified CS as the substance present.
The current narrative does not include the still photos of Camp Monterey because they are not relative to the incident in question.
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