Nazi death gas used in Vietnam

Washington (LNS) — Hydrogen cyanide, one of the world's deadliest gases, was used by the US Air Force in Vietnam according to recently released information. The same gas was used in the Nazi ovens and in gas chamber executions in California.

This previously concealed fact was revealed by former Air Force Sergeant Steve Hawkins who was in Vietnam during 1971 and 1972. Since his discharge, Hawkins has testified before Congressional Committees about the use of poisonous gas and various other tactics that he witnessed in Vietnam.

Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) is considered fifty times more dangerous than carbon monoxide and its use is prohibited by the Geneva Convention. The Air Force tries to avoid this ban by dropping bombs of two different chemicals that combine when they hit and cause a chemical reaction creating the HCN.

Hawkins' testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee was corroborated by Bill Amos, another veteran who had been a weapons specialist in Vietnam.