(SALEM, OR) – We’re looking to interview veterans who have been in a BP tent city and decided to leave. We can talk with you anonymously – you don’t need to tell us your name if you don’t want to. But we do need to understand the conditions in the tent city. Access to medical care, how workers were treated, and other things about the daily life and work are important to us. 
We work with physicians and other medical people who have heard about serious problems from visitors to the tent cities. But so far no man has come forward who has lived in one of them. We want the true story of what has been going on and that needs to come from someone whose been there.
If you are willing to talk with us, you may be responsible for helping many of your fellow Veterans who are still working for BP.
Our goal is to make sure people are safe and treated humanely.
Contact either Tim King or Bob O’Dowd at Salem-News.com, Newsroom Email: [email protected] or [email protected] or, if you prefer, telephone Tim King at 503-302-2861 or Bob O’Dowd at 856-783-5053
Robert O’Dowd served in the 1st, 3rd and 4th Marine Aircraft Wings during 52 months of active duty in the 1960s. While at MCAS El Toro for two years, O’Dowd worked and slept in a Radium 226 contaminated work space in Hangar 296 in MWSG-37, the most industrialized and contaminated acreage on the base.
Robert is a two time cancer survivor and disabled veteran. Robert graduated from Temple University in 1973 with a bachelor’s of business administration, majoring in accounting, and worked with a number of federal agencies, including the EPA Office of Inspector General and the Defense Logistics Agency.
After retiring from the Department of Defense, he teamed up with Tim King of Salem-News.com to write about the environmental contamination at two Marine Corps bases (MCAS El Toro and MCB Camp Lejeune), the use of El Toro to ship weapons to the Contras and cocaine into the US on CIA proprietary aircraft, and the murder of Marine Colonel James E. Sabow and others who were a threat to blow the whistle on the illegal narcotrafficking activity. O’Dowd and King co-authored BETRAYAL: Toxic Exposure of U.S. Marines, Murder and Government Cover-Up. The book is available as a soft cover copy and eBook from Amazon.com. See: http://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Exposure-Marines-Government-Cover-Up/dp/1502340003.
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