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Vietnam Veteran battles effects of Agent Orange decades after coming home
U.S. soldiers were killed on the ground in Vietnam, but many of those who returned home had another battle to fight with the ...
What is Agent Orange and how is it still impacting Vietnam veterans decades later?
More than 58,000 American soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but the number of those dying from its impacts continues to rise ...
Agent Orange: Its Toxic History in the Vietnam War
In a mission code-named Operation Ranch Hand, the U.S. military unleashed millions of gallons of the toxic defoliant during ...
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‘Death within our bodies’: Veteran shares Agent Orange story at Wall That Heals candlelight ceremony
Roque Vela Sr. shared Agent Orange story at The Wall That Heals candlelight vigil ceremony, honoring Vietnam War heroes and ...
U.S. Tells Its Diplomats in Vietnam to Avoid War Anniversary Events
Four U.S. officials who insisted on anonymity to describe sensitive diplomatic decision-making said that Washington had ...
‘A healing time’: Honor Flight brings veterans of Vietnam, Korea and World War II to D.C.
WASHINGTON – Charlie Pase considers himself “unusually lucky.” ...
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50 years later, Vietnam’s battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Hamburger Hill ... on American war crimes and atrocities like the My Lai massacre and the ...
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Veteran returns to Vietnam, finds peace with former enemy
(NEXSTAR) — Army veteran Jan Pitman recently made an emotional ... on Jan. He still struggles with the lasting effects of Agent Orange exposure. “I’ve got diabetes, they say that’s part ...
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50 years after war, Vietnam battlefields draw veterans, tourists
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Hamburger Hill ... like the My Lai massacre and the devastating effects of Agent Orange, a defoliant widely used during the war. The U.S. was to open the ...