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Article: Paradise Lost.(Johnston Island site of chemical weapons disposal)
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- Airman
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- February 1, 2001
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Tropical paradise or chemical wasteland? Ten years of chemical weapons destruction comes to an end in the Pacific.
When Lt. Col. Lee Kindle found out he was heading to Johnston Air Force Base, Johnston Island, for a year-long remote assignment, he figured he'd fit right in. A self-proclaimed "small-town boy," he thought he'd easily settle into the minicity atmosphere of the tiny one-square-mile Pacific island.
But Johnston bore little resemblance to his small-town roots in the mid-West. Instead of northeast Oklahoma's rolling hills and roaming cattle, Kindle was greeted by concrete bunkers and a towering smoke-billowing factory.
It may appear ...