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 For veterans and civilians who
served at Dugway Proving Ground and who may need some documentation to
prove that nerve gas exposures actually occurred in the 1953-1954
period, there are at least two Army reports available. According to a
letter that the Army sent to Senator Glenn in response to my request
through his office for the report on which I was a co-author, “any
other documents …can be obtained under the Freedom of Information
Act”. The two reports I know exist and that describe nerve gas
exposures are:
“Report of Mild Exposure to
GB in 21 Persons”, dated March 19 1954, By Capt James F. Gammill, USA
MC; 1st Lt. John D S Gibson, USAF; and Capt Eugene Cutuly,
USA MC. This report addresses the accidental exposure of 21 people,
including myself, at the Control Point on the evening of October 12
1953. The test was held at the PSP Air Strip about a mile north of
Granite Mountain.
“Seventy-five Cases of
Accidental Nerve Gas Poisoning at Dugway Proving Ground” dated
December 10 1954, By 1st Lt Bernard B Brody, USA MC; and
Captain James F. Gammill, USA MC. This report sums up all nerve gas
exposures at DPG from September 1953 to July 1954. The medical report
material is much more detailed than that in the March 1954 report,
especially with respect to ten cases cited below.
Neither of these two reports
contains the names of those exposed to nerve gas, other than mine
which was only included as a co-author of one report. The second
report does refer to ten persons with more serious exposures by
initials (I. W.; G. I. L.; I. K. S; A. L.; H. O. J; I. T. S.; A. E.
L.; A.L.P; A.H.; and O. H. T).
- John D S Gibson
- June 20, 2004
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