FILE- Flying a bare 100 feet above the jungle hills west of Hue, 5 bulky 'C-123 providers' cut loose a spray of chemical defoliant on August 14, 1968. The chemicals used burn off heavy foliage hiding ...
According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The defoliant was heavily used during the conflict. Now, there is a new ...
MOUNTAIN HOME, Tenn. (WJHL)- More than 58,000 American soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but the number of those dying from its impacts continues to rise because of Agent Orange. “It was a very strong ...
An Elgin man whose prostate cancer is the presumed result of Agent Orange exposure says he stays positive by helping other vets.
A groundbreaking for a memorial in the city of Sunset recognized Vietnam war veterans and the costly impacts of Agent Orange ...
August 10th of each year is Agent Orange Awareness Day. It is a day to provide awareness and information about the effects of Agent Orange on our servicemen and women who served in Vietnam. On the ...
Veterans Day should be both a time for Americans to honor the sacrifices made on their behalf and to recognize the true cost of war and its effects on service men and women.
JESSUP – As a 19-year-old from Jessup hiking through Vietnamese jungles, Russell Canevari ignored the Agent Orange coating the landscape. His focus was survival. “We really didn’t take it seriously,” ...
You talk about people saying that we were baby killers, we were war pigs,” said Alphonse Ranni, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. “It’s not true.”Fifty years have ...
Flying a bare 100 feet above the jungle hills west of Hue, 5 bulky 'C-123 providers' cut loose a spray of chemical defoliant on August 14, 1968. DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnam War ended on April ...