no duties. no guard duty. no kitchen police. this is what we filled out. they ask you about your criminal background. they ask you if you drank and ask you about your parents and they ask you about your brother and your sisters. silly questions like did you like your mother better than you did your father. i took the test and got chosen and you got a couple of days off at home and reported to edgewood for two months. when you got chosen, were you excited? yes, i was glad to go. it was like a plum assignment. you would get all of the weekends off and the idea was they would test new army field jackets, clothing. weapons. things of that nature but no mention of any drugs or chemicals. in the beginning that s what we were told we would be doing, testing equipment, not testing drugs. reporter: but edgewood arsenal was testing drugs. beginning in 1955. this is edgewood arsenal. the united states army s chemical commodity center. this was the cold war and the united
three-day passes are the rule. no duties. no guard duty. no kitchen police. this is what we filled out. they ask you about your criminal background. they ask you if you drank and ask you about your parents and they ask you about your brother and your sisters. silly questions like did you like your mother better than you did your father. i took the test and got chosen and you got a couple of days off at home and reported to edgewood for two months. when you got chosen, were you excited? yes, i was glad to go. it was like a plum assignment. you would get all of the weekends off and the idea was they would test new army field jackets, clothing. weapons. things of that nature but no mention of any drugs or chemicals. in the beginning that s what we were told we would be doing, testing equipment, not testing drugs. reporter: but edgewood arsenal was testing drugs. beginning in 1955. this is edgewood arsenal. the united states army s chemical commodity center. thi
i remember him turning off the lights and me asking what are you doing? women who feel betrayed by the military they committed to serve. the pentagon s battle to do something about it. revealing investigations. fascinating characters. stories with impact. this is cnn presents. tonight s host, drew griffin. reporter: a special look at the men and women who have served our country and eye-opening investigations into the unbelievable injustices done to them. we begin with the startling story of how u.s. soldiers were used as human guinea pigs. during the cold war, the military embarked on a top secret program to test chemical and biological weapons but researchers used animals but believe it or not they also used humans. volunteers from the army who had no idea what they were signing up for. well, nearly half a century later, some of these human guinea pigs are emerging from the shadows with disturbing stories about what the military did to them then and how they are being
during the cold war, the military embarked on a top secret program to test chemical secret program to test chemical and biological weapons but researchers used animals but believe it or not they also used humans. volunteers from the army who had no idea what they were signing up for. well, nearly half a century later, some of these human guinea pigs are emging from the shadows with disturbing stories about what the military did to them then and how they are being treated now. dr. sanjay gupta investigates. i joined 18 years of age. the height of the vietnam war and really felt a sense of duty to my country to go and serve. i went straight to ft. bragg. it was just the thing to do. that was my obligation. that was my duty as an american. i was drafted and i was sent to ft. sill and placed in the missile detachment. we were supposed to be nuclear guards for the nuclear war heads that were to go on the pershing missiles. three american soldiers. tim josephs and frank ra
arsenal military base. several doctors came and gave a presentation. they presented it as not everyone would be chosen. there would be a guaranteed three-day pass every weekend. three-day passes are the rule. no guard duty, no kitchen police. this is what we filled out. they asked you about your criminal background, if you drank, asked you about your parents and brothers and sisters, silly questions, did you like your mother better than you did your father? i took the test and got chosen and you got a couple days off at home and reported to edgewood for two months. when you got chosen, were you excited? yes. i was glad to go. it was like a plum assignment. you would get all the weekends off. the idea was they would test new army field jackets, clothing, weapons things of that nature. no mention of any drugs or chemicals. in the beginning, that s what we were told we would be doing testing equipment not testing drugs. reporter: but edgewood arsenal was te