B.S. and M.S. in Geological Engineering with 50 years of professional experience with investigations, design, and construction of toxic and hazardous materials removal, remediation closure as well as dams, spillways. tunnels, and large diameter pipelines. Registered Professional Engineer and Certified Engineering Geologist in California. Former U.S. Army Chemical Officer responsible for the defoliation of the Korean DMZ using Agent Orange contaminated with dioxin, Agent Blue (an arsenic based defoliant) and Telvar Monuron (a toxic urea) during 1969-70. Have published numerous technical papers on hazardous waste, dams, spillways, tunnels and penstocks. Also published three books: "You Were Never There-1st Lieutenant David A. Howcroft, U.S. Army, Company A, 4th Artillery Regiment, December 1880-1884". a historical novel about the last military campaigns against Geronimo and the Chiricahua Apache which resulted in the total destruction of their culture and lives. "Donkeys Leading Lions-Private Americo Guidotti, 363rd Infantry Regiment, 91st Division, American Expeditionary Force, France-Belgium 1918-1919", a historical novel about development of military intelligence and the inadequate/archaic training and leadership by U.S. Army commanders during the Saint Mihiel, Muese-Argonne Offenses in France and the 5th Ypres Offensive in Belgium which led to casualty rates upwards to 40% by pitting brave, young soldiers with rifles and bayonets against deadly machine guns and artillery. "Last Three Soldiers Standing-Defoliation of the Korean DMZ, What the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs Don't Want You to Know" is a documentary of the defoliation of the Korean DMZ during 1968 to 1970 which left a deadly legacy of toxic chemicals affecting the health of U.S. soldiers, their counterparts in the Korean Augmentation to U.S. Army, the First Republic of Korea Army and Korean civilians for years to come. This book exposes the lies, conspiracies, and collusion between the chemical industry and the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs that continue to this day as compensation claims and pensions by veteran are delayed and denied until the applicants die.
Veteran of U.S. Army 1968 to 1975. Served along the Korean DMZ in 1969 and 1970 and had three TDYs to Vietnam.
