This site has been created for at least 3 purposes:

• 1) To keep an up-to-date Status Report of items and events of interest to the Blue Water Navy as regards exposure during the Vietnam War to various toxins and dioxins.
• 2) To present compiled information related to dioxin and other toxic contamination. Some of this information is general in nature, but the primary focus is the presentation of material directly related to contamination of naval personnel who operated in the South China Sea during the U.S. Vietnam War, roughly between 1965 and 1973.
• 3) To provide primary source material that can be used by naval personnel in substantiating medical claims of toxin contamination which may have occurred during the time frame of roughly 1965 to 1973. This material can be attached directly to VA Disability Claims in support of dioxin contamination, and can be used as reference when talking to medical care providers about symptoms similar to those reported by individuals suffering from dioxin contamination.

The documents are provided in PDF format and are intended for you to download to your machine rather than view them online. In order to read a .pdf file on most operating systems, you will need software such as Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader which can be downloaded FOR FREE at those links.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND SAVE ALL of the information on this site !!!! There are a number of critical reasons for this request:

• - the downloaded information can be included in paperwork submitted to the VA to substantiate claims for compensation;
• - the downloaded information can be given to your health care providers so they might better understand the nature of the toxic symptoms you may be presenting;
• - some of this information may not be readily available from other sources and may not be presented in as easy-to-read formats. Now that you've seen it, grab it! It has disappeared before... it may disappear again;
• - the downloaded information will provide you with a copy of each of these files in a manageable format so that you can freely share them with other veterans and interested parties;
• - the downloaded information provides you with a permanent record of this information;
• - the downloaded information can be back-up copies in the event this web site suffers technical problems or ceases to exist for whatever reason;
• - the downloaded information will help establish a consistent information base which can be referred to and relied upon by the VA and other agencies and private parties who can provide treatment and services to naval personnel who may be experiencing symptoms of toxic contaminant exposure.

Please don't assume that this information will be here whenever you might need it in the future. Make your own copies. Although we will make every effort to keep this information available on the site, we cannot guarantee that we will always be able to do that. Copy it NOW! This site will be changing over time, with new material being added and additional references being noted. Additionally, we will attempt to keep you up to date regarding any events or feedback regarding the status of this data as it begins to be used in the Claim Submission process.

This site contains an enormous amount of data critical to the task of legitimizing claims for toxic contamination by those who served at sea during the Vietnam war. We will attempt to present it in a logical fashion in an understandable and easy-to-navigate layout. Many of the sections will expand upon or provide support to information found in other sections. Most of this information can be cross-referenced to validate data between various documents.

Many of these files need to be downloaded in order to be viewed, either for technical reasons or simply because they are too large or in a wrong format to be displayed on the web site. In those cases, we have attempted to provide short summaries of what those files contain. This will be an on-going activity, so new summaries will be added as they are developed. Every reasonable effort has been made to keep these files free of any elements which can be harmful to you computers. But it is always prudent to scan each of these files as they are loaded to your local computer systems and networks.

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