I just found out in the last few years that the post I was stationed at in my first tour in Korea (1987-1988) was supposedly a place where agent orange was stored and disposed of. While I was there at Camp Page, 1/6 of all military construction in country was going on there. New barracks, airfield, hangars and medical/dental clinic which I was the project officer for. Every morning, we had to clean the dust off of our dental chairs that had come through the roof of our quonset hut clinic. There is no telling how much contaminated dust anyone stationed there inhaled. I haven't had symptoms, but some have reported them.
Currently the Korean government is suing for the cleanup of the ground water, even though the post closed in 2005. Another interesting thing happened while I was there. One of the main roads on post had some large boards across it where it had been dug up. I walked across those boards every time I went to the gym. When the road was going to be paved, excavation revealed a huge cache of arms that had been buried during the Korean War. Glad nothing ever went off when I was walking over it. LOL
Tim Pivonka, COL (Ret.)