Background information of Hubert Wilson

Hubert Wilson was a Vietnam War veteran who served in the USAF Security Service. He followed the footsteps of his 4 brothers to join the USAF. He was allocated as a group with 12 others and together, they prepped for about 14 months at Kelly AFB in San Antonio, Texas, before anticipating being sent to Vietnam or elsewhere in southeat Asia in 1970. About half of the team ended up in Da Nang (an Agent Orange hotspot) in the 6924th Security Squadron. The rest of Hubert's team were assigned to Shemya Island, Alaska, with the 6984th Security Squadron, which was more polluted and contaminated than Da Nang.

Hubert's health problems started approximately 15 years ago with unexplained headaches and limb pains. Four years ago, his central nervous system radically deteriorated with Parkinsonian type tremors, severe headaches, progressive limb pains, etc. No physician has ever diagnosed the specific illness. There was no proven cure for this disease till now. Huberts's guessed that the heavily contaminated drinking water at Shemya during my year there as an intelligence analyst was the toot of this disease. Organo-phosphate toxins may not run their toxic course until 20 to 30 years after initial exposure.

Although Huberts's limbs are deteriorating, his brain still functions moderately well. "I have turned to writing just like my late Father and the late singer (and writer) Johnny Cash." Hubert Wilson

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