Preparing for the 100th Anniversary of Aberdeen Proving Ground, 20th CBRNE Command sat down with the historian to learn about the history of Edgewood.
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@jamessweet53418 ай бұрын
I served 75-79 in the Technical Escort Unit at Edgewood Arsenal, then part of APG. Our operating areas were O field, J field, and Old O field. Much history in those places. A buried dump of WWII chem and WP weapons seized from the Nazis blew up near Old O field and scattered munitions over much of the peninsula. Early 50s IIRC.We had a large group of EOD personnel and they spent a fair amount of time recovering munitions that floated to ground level after major rains. Lots of smokers in the woods mainly.
@BushyHairedStranger6 жыл бұрын
EA-Edgewood Arsenal served humanity even if the data was achieved through inhumane strategies-tactics. Of course this conclusion is independent of my personal belief on how said data was determined-achieved. Having researched the researchers, men like James Ketchum, Leo Hollister, Ronald K. Siegel, Louis West, Ephraim Goodman, David E. Smith and dozens of other Researchers I feel confident our Pharmacological knowledge and many other arenas of Science were immeasurably improved by significant margins as a result of such men & women.
@MichiganHillbilly5 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Guske my father was one of them I cannot find any information on what they did to him he died in a car crash when I was 2 1/2 years old or in 73 Most of the friends of his I have meant say he was a different person when he came out of the army.
@D3StInIeus3 жыл бұрын
Edgewood, Maryland is my home town of which I grew up & still live at to this day. I moved away a couple times, always ended up being pulled back!
@dhooter3 жыл бұрын
I treated the waste from that mustard agent disposal operation. They hauled it to the Dupont Chambers Works waste water facility. They will deny that as the Township ultimately said no. But as I saw it we indeed offloaded tankers from Edgemore with that crazy smelling liquid. Being in a chemical plants waste water treatment facility you get accustomed to unique smells. This stuff was by far the strangest smelling I've encountered. Kinda skunky smell but sweet. Offloaded into giant surge tanks so we could trickle it into the system so it didn't kill the bugs
@dhooter Жыл бұрын
@@matttalbot4942 Also had a slight redish to pink color. I'll never forget that smell.
@DalinquentBАй бұрын
I heard there was some amazing colonial era homes along that shoreline.....theyve all been shot up now ....thats old Baltimore but the water wasnt deep enough ,so they moved it to where it is now.
@clseairsppt4 жыл бұрын
Wild how civilian employees get held accountable for dumping but not the government. My question is is the Edgewood arsenal grounds contaminated or full of unexploded items that make it a dangerous place.
@MrBryant240sx4 жыл бұрын
Yes and no, been years most has washed out, but they still have courdoned of old buildings and creek monitoring stations.
@MrBryant240sx4 жыл бұрын
And they say no trespassing on the shores because of unexploded ordinance, but none ever explode. They still find ordinance in Europe from WWII
@maxwellssilverhammer4 жыл бұрын
What say you about the M93 A2? Eh??????
@psychotronic_x5 жыл бұрын
The way he speaks about the human testing experiments is disgusting.
@colleencasey58076 жыл бұрын
did the teacher say "It was quite funny..to see them stumbling around...etc"? How is that funny?
@ruokzig80864 жыл бұрын
They were on lsd. The soldiers were acting goofy and laughing themselves
@ruokzig80864 жыл бұрын
One of the most contaminated base in America.
@MrBryant240sx4 жыл бұрын
And I do all my fishing and crabbing on the river right next to it. They are monitoring the creeks, most of the contamination has washed out by now. The buildings where the chemical agents where mixed and built into munitions, their wastewater drained into the nearest creek.
@ruokzig80864 жыл бұрын
@@MrBryant240sx I caught crabs from Gunpowder and Bush. I live next to Susquehanna.