I have a request. I need to contact members of my old unit, the one I went to Desert Storm with. I need to contact members of 2nd Battalion 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division. Especially members of D/2-504. I was their first sergeant.
If you know of or have contact with Desert Storm veterans of this battalion, please DM me and I will give my contact info.
This is a request for reposts as well. I have information about the VA's ability to provide healthcare for my brothers. Our battalion was the one who occupied this area and I'm paying the price with neuropathy and fibromyalgia. My symptoms are under control. I would like to see that all of my troops get the same care.
In March of 1991, following the end of Operation Desert Storm, paratroopers from 2-504 were occupying the area in southeastern Iraq encompassing Khamisiyah conducted two large scale demolition operations to destroy the Iraqi munitions and facilities in the area. Before the demolition, the Khamisiyah facility was a large ammunition storage depot and it was believed to house only conventional ammunition. When these operations were carried out, it apparently was unknown that the rockets stored in the facilities contained weaponized sarin and cyclosarin chemicals.
Please help me get in contact with my troops.