By It good to see that these soil samples are being taken by Koreans which should build the creditability of the findings:
A team of South Korean civilian experts and military staff started Tuesday its on-site investigation into the alleged burial of chemicals at a former U.S. military base in the 1960s, Defense Ministry officials said.
The 14-member team collected groundwater and soil samples at the ex-U.S. base, once called Camp Mercer, in Bucheon, west of Seoul, where a former American soldier alleged that the U.S. military buried hundreds of gallons of chemicals between 1963 and 1964.
The team will also use ground-penetrating radar devices and ultraviolet optical screening tools to scan the base, but the use of such devices was delayed due to rain.
“The survey using ground-penetrating radar is inappropriate today because the ground is wet from morning rain,” an official from the team told reporters.
Camp Mercer was turned over to South Korea in 1993 and is now used by Korean troops, said Defense Ministry officials. [Yonhap News]
It will be interesting to see what this investigation turns up but hopefully like with Camp Carroll, USFK uncovered and cleaned up whatever was buried here long ago.
9:54 am on May 31st, 2011 1
Sorry, I’m not dumb enough to fall for this dung. And those who do – well I don’t feel sorry for you either, but I will sell you a true copy of Barrack Hussein Obama’s Birth Certificate. Guaranteed the real thing too…..
11:28 am on May 31st, 2011 2
Q: What’s the most toxic thing USFK has ever dumped on Korean soil?
A: a dead bar whore wife in a suitcase
6:09 pm on May 31st, 2011 3
See ….. You can’t dig into the ground without finding dirt……..
6:56 pm on May 31st, 2011 4
Whatever the case, remember the level to which USFK is trying to avert trouble here by making it open to the press and having a joint team.
If you dig into most of the similar pollution cases involving USFK or the US Embassy, you’ll find the same thing. More than once, you’ll have to find out about it in the Stars and Stripes, because the Korean press at times skips to report that they were brought onto base to witness the event and that the Korean government was involved too…
What got most annoying in my research of these issues in the past was how the effort to keep the press involved would lead not only to them ignoring what USFK had to say, or the effort itself, but how it would be undermined with quotes from the usual anti-US groups throwing out whatever accusation they wanted that day…
In short, an effort for transperancy and cooperation would be ignored while the anti-US groups were given the position of defining quotes.
9:24 pm on May 31st, 2011 5
USinKorea – thought provoking HHHmmmmmmmm
6:33 am on July 28th, 2011 6
9:48 am on October 2nd, 2011 7
I was at Mercer in 69-70. I know for a fact A\O was used to spray on vegetation for control for that was my detail when I got there. I was mail\courier runner for Youngsan, the depot of Carroll, Kimpo and points in between. What a story to tell. Of course I lived in the village of Kinmpo benefit of a overnight pass for keeping the mail flowing. I remember the dozer on our compound disappearing and we had a large open field area as you came through the base gate. Back then we had an mp sentry dog unit on base. I imagine those guys would have some stories to tell for they trained in the open area often. I am willing to bet Kimpo used A\O extensively to keep the runway area and perimeter areas clear. I spent a lot of time sitting around the fence waiting for mail pickup! Come on guys if you know of it, let the Americanm public know. Vietnam was not the only casualties of war!
robert Evans
rle24van@yahoo.com