Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development
The white marble slabs of the tombstones stood out, contrasting with the dirt, plants, concrete rubble and rebar in this part of the dump. The VA operates a huge Veterans’ cemetery on the other side of the property where VA supervisors and workers should know that it is against federal regulations to dump recognizable soldiers’ tombstones anywhere, let alone a nuclear dump.
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Hundreds of kids and adults play soccer on adjacent MacArthur Field.
The tombstones are gleaming white, even after being buried in the dump for decades.
Signs tell the public to keep out of the fenced dump area.
The metal signs went up after our May 2006 expose on the dump came out.
Generators keep MacArthur Field alit at night.
Exclusive 2019 Update: VICTORY AT THE VA – West LA Veterans Administration master plan protects old nuclear dump from development
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