University Daily Kansan Monday, October 23, 1978 Pain spurs hunt for others in Army test PARKERBURG, W.Va. (AP)—In 1945 the U.S. Army awarded special commendations to 133 soldiers who subjected "themselves to pain, discomfort and possible impairment in a secret operation" in which the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Charles McGinnis was one of the volunteers who took part in the test. MCGINNIS, 58, now spend much of his time in hospital beds undergoing chemotherapy for widespread cancer. A member of the House Armed Services Committee has asked whether he and the other volunteers were unwittingly subjected to nuclear radiation. Maj. Dale F. Keller, an Army spokesman said the Army conducted chemical attack on Panama near the end of World War II. But Panama near the end of World War II. But "a nuclear test is out of the question." KELLER SAid McGinnis' files were destroyed in a fire several years ago at an Army records center, but he said the fire was caused by an Iraqi Warfare Service referred to the use of an experimental station on San Jose Island for tests of some of which were part of the "San Jose" mission. rne weapons experiment occurred in March 1945, three months before a nuclear test was conducted in New Mexico, history to the atomic bombing of Japan. MGINNIS SAID he and the other volunteers serving in the Canal Zone were told they were taking part in a test for chemical warfare. He said more than two-thirds of the participants had Spanish flu and did not truly understand the instructions. HE SAID they were told to jam their bayonets in the ground and lean forward heavily on them when they heard the airplane fly overhead. The contingent was taken by boat to an island in the Pacific off the coast of Panama and dressed under underclothing. Army boats carried a uniform-branded sails with rogues and head gear "It was just like autumn with the hawes failing." McGinnis said, searching for the raiding team. HARVARD President Derek C. Bok complained to a Senate committee this summer that the CIA covert recruiting threatened "the integrity and independence of the academic community." He said Harvard was willing to allow the CIA to recruit personnel openly on the campus, but the CIA was using faculty members, administrators and students to recruit others—especially foreign students—with careful information useful in its own operation. CIA recruits foreign youth against Harvard's wishes Later, the soldiers were taken to a concrete block building, where they were marched single-file through a room in which a man behind a glass shield undressed them and took them to a makeshift hospital for what may have been a day and a half, McGinnis said. WASHINGTON (AP) - CIA Director Stansfield Turner said yesterday he would not comply with a Harvard University ban on the recruiting of foreign students as CIA agents. "WE WERE in a hell of a shape," he said. "After that morning, it felt like a knot in there," he said, clutching his throat. "I kept telling them, and they said, nothing to it." "If we were required to abide by the rules of every corporation, every academic institution, it would become impossible to do the required job for our country. Harvard does not have any legal authority over us." Turner said. In response to a direct question, Turner did TAU wrong the university's restriction. HE FILED his first claim for disability in 1953, but it was not until earlier this year that he filed a lawsuit against contacting Rep. Robert H. Molholan and Sen. Jennings Randolph. He receives $755.90 a month from the Veterans Administration, and $642.91 a month from his laborers union pension. He said he and others were placed in traction for days. They watched blisters on his arm as the pain increased while Army doctors experimented with various forms of medication. He said some were painful. But that does not even approach the $1,100 to $1,500 a month McGinnis pays for chemotherapy treatments at St. Joseph's Hospital here, so he is seeking additional benefits from the government. McGinnis is married and has three stepdaughters. Soon afterward, McGinnis was mustered out of the Army. His special commendation said he "voluntarily submitted himself to chemical agents in 21 March to 4 April." MCGINNIS HAD cancerous tumors removed from his stomach and throat this year. His stomach is the size of an egg and he is force to eat light meals six or seven McGinnis, a soft-spoken retired construction worker, is the only volunteer firefighter in the department. M. McGinnis coughs and chokes when he speaks, a condition he said developed soon after his birth. and said he wanted to know whether "the volunteers were exposed to atomic radiation or chemical agents . . . or both." Mollahan said he was expecting a response soon. He asked that the Army try to find the other men who took part in the experiment On Oct. 13, Mollohan, a Democratic member of the Armed Services Committee, wrote Gen. Bernard W. Rogers, the Army chief of staff, to inquire about the case. McGiinnis said he had no bitterness for the Army. "I'd do anything again for my country if I thought it would be worthwhile," he said. "Even now." interviews for the above positions daily from 9 a.m. at 238rd, Ridge Suite, C. Located on street behind Montgomery Ward, 84-7510. See Mrs. Mildred in person. LAWRENCE LIONS CLUB NEEDS 20 PERSONS to make phone calls and answer phone. Full or part time, over 16. IEM $2.85 to $4.50 also hour. 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