AW: [ RadSafe ] Re: depleted uranium cherry & battle

[Franz Schönhofer]

John,

This is a good question. Who used DU first? Who used it first in combat?

I spent in summer 1977 two months at the Austrian Military as a volunteer,
being an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Vienna. 

I remember more than well, that in 1977 we were instructed (I served at a
unity of tanks), that there existed munitions containing uranium (there was
no questions then about depleted or natural uranium), which would penetrate
all kind of armor. Also tungsten was mentioned.  

Now I would like to receive information from you, when the DU was actually
first tested and used.

If in 1977 at our Austrian army it's use was known, then it should have been
known at least 50 years before internationally (I am exaggerating.....).  

Franz Schoenhofer
PhD, MR iR
Habicherg. 31/7
A-1160 Vienna
AUSTRIA
phone -43-0699-1168-1319


> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl [mailto:radsafe-bounces at radlab.nl] Im
> Auftrag von John Jacobus
> Gesendet: Samstag, 01. April 2006 00:19
> An: Dlind49 at aol.com
> Cc: radsafe
> Betreff: [ RadSafe ] Re: depleted uranium cherry & battle
> 
> The Israelis use DU in munitions prior to 1974?
> 
> --- Dlind49 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 3/31/06 8:53:11 AM Central
> > Standard Time,
> > crispy_bird at yahoo.com writes:
> > Are you claiming that all of these medical
> > conditions
> > are related to DU exposure?
> > these are not just my claim but as documented in
> > medical files following
> > physician diagnosis after verifed exposures.
> >
> > many are documented in 1974 report on health
> > environmental effects folowing
> > Israeli use in Sinai.
> >
> > Wakayama took many he briefed from that report.
> >
> > The health effects showed up in many documents that
> > we encountered s part of
> > DU team, AEPI, and DU project.
> >
> > Then we had direct observed effects following
> > verfied exposures with
> > physician diagnosis.  that is what happened to
> > myself, my team, and friendly fire
> > casualtues.
> >
> > I had 123 DU friendly fire casulties who survived-
> > please remember/
> > understand that  I was the on site officetr- health
> > physicist- combat medic- but only a
> > few ever got help and many still have not got help
> > uyet even with imbedded DU
> > shrapnel.
> >
> > my original unit commander the theater oc doc
> > physician and the other team
> > physciuans then set up our care.
> >
> > Have you read Colonel Edgar Wakayama's Pentagon
> > briefing?
> >
> >
> http://www.traprockpeace.org/du_dtic_wakayama_Aug2002.html
> >
> >
> 
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++
> "We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them."
> Titus Livius
> -- John
> John Jacobus, MS
> Certified Health Physicist
> e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com
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