Part 1 James Cripps was the first to prove his exposure to Agent Orange in CONUS

Published: June 16, 2016, 11 p.m.

James Cripps was the first person to prove his exposure to Agent Orange within the U.S. Cripps was a game warden who was responsible for spraying the area to keep the trails clean. The Army won\u2019t admit, however, to spraying outside their testing area, and rely on\xa0soil samples taken in 1994 to show how the areas are clean but they likely don\u2019t include all the areas\xa0that were sprayed.\n\nCamp\xa0Crockett, located in Fort Gordon, Georgia, was\xa0used as a training ground in the late 1960\u2019s, which may have resulted in many\xa0veterans with disabilities\xa0due to Agent Orange\xa0exposure.\n\nFrom January 1967 to the end of December 1969, the Army was using Camp Crockett as a testing ground for Agent Orange, Agent Blue, and Agent White.\xa0Helicopters sprayed the toxins all over a 98-acre spread\xa0between \u201cHighway 221 on the west and the artillery range to the east.\u201d\xa0Pictures were uncovered of soldiers bathing in a stream fed by Leitner Lake, which is \u201cwithin a 6 to 8 square mile area\u201d of where toxic mists could have drifted.