Friday, April 4, 2008

Veterans Of Top Secret Project Still Await Care

Veterans being shafted by the government

Veterans Of Top Secret Project Still Await Care
Reporting
Anna Werner SANTA ROSA (CBS 5) ― It sounds like a bad dream. You suspect that your job made you sick, but if you tell anyone—even your doctor—the government will send you to prison.

That's the real-life dilemma faced by thousands of military men who worked on a hazardous, Top Secret experiment called "Project SHAD," which stands for "Shipboard Hazard and Defense." It was part of America's race against the Russians in the 1960s to develop biological and chemical weapons.

Now, many of the men who worked on Project SHAD are sick, and asking why the U.S. government won't take care of them.

Our video report has more.
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