Glad to see you guys bringing these issues that are still effecting our veterans’ health into the spotlight. I’d also be curious to know how the use of agent orange continues to impact the Vietnamese people.
About 20 million gallons of Agent Orange were dropped in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. None of the people affected by Agent Orange in these countries were given a single dime as compensation. And as a cherry on top these countries were incredibly poor after the war. God himself couldn't comprehend how millions of people affected by Agent Orange were living in these countries. But my guess is Holocaust No.2 perhaps ?
I saw limbless adults and children far too often in Vietnam...42 years after it was officially no longer used by the military. With zero generic history for generations back, my son was born deaf and began losing his sight at 16. I often wonder if my father's exposure could have led to this and exacerbated my health issues. Never know. I'm proud as hell of that man.
I was in Vietnam in 1970-71 .....In 2009 I was diagnosed with agent Orange, I receive 10% disability rating..... It took 4 years to get 10% . ............................ Does Agent Orange qualify for VA disability? Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam while on active duty are eligible for disability compensation through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as long as they were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
My dad died 8 years ago from complications related to Agent Orange. He was in the Navy and he had to fight for 10 years AFTER he retired in 1983 for the VA to acknowledge he had agent orange poisoning. My father in law, also is dealing with the affects and they are getting worse
I remember getting something in the mail about possible Agent Orange side effects thanks to my dad's exposure in Vietnam. I wonder what all I was exposed to during my 12 years in the Army, and how much of what's wrong with me now can be blamed on all of that.
My buddy's dad right up the road is a survivor of agent orange (he still hasn't got his check for it) he has a hole in his foot from a punji trap & over 100 holes in his back from where a grenades went off from the NVA and blew his buddy's bone frags into his back .. and if u look at his pictures on his wall it's all in special forces camps and his battles on his dd214 are unreal bros...
i did training at a base in 2007 where they tested agent orange. those areas were still off limits even though it was used decades in the past. this chemical is no joke...
I was there in 1969 and we played volleyball as they sprayed the agent and thought nothing of it. Now, I have heart disease and prostate cancer and Orange is apparently the suspect. We Americans are often a rather horrible lot of people with all the lies and profits that made this happen! Best of luck to all of us!
The Vietnam war was not during my lifetime but America has a responsibility to the innocent Vietnamese that are still suffering from this poison. War does not give a country a free pass. The U.S. helped rebuild Germany and Japan after WW2 and needs to support Vietnam to treat the Vietnamese and clean up any agent orange sites. The government is still communist and not America’s ally, but if Nike can make shoes there and we Americans buy products from a former enemy then we need to meet our obligations. 🇺🇸
All this is well known, but the slugs behind the overpaid desk in the VA pretend not to know, so as to deny help to people like me who got sprayed like bugs- by our own side.....
Although I feel for those exposed and equally for the emotional trauma of almost anyone doing the killing and being injured shot, etc, most of these men are near the end of their lives. I see reimbursements at this point a toll on everyone's tax dollars. The time they should have been awarded money for their pain would have been in their 20s when they returned from the war and not 5 to 10 years before their death. Really, they're at the point where natural causes is probably pretty close to any relation to AO at this point. How do we know AO is to blame when a man dies at 70+ years old. Why spend billions of tax payer dollars on one more cause at a point in time where the USA is already far beyond bankrupt. We are throwing money away in way too many places at the current time.
Glad to see you guys bringing these issues that are still effecting our veterans’ health into the spotlight. I’d also be curious to know how the use of agent orange continues to impact the Vietnamese people.
About 20 million gallons of Agent Orange were dropped in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. None of the people affected by Agent Orange in these countries were given a single dime as compensation. And as a cherry on top these countries were incredibly poor after the war. God himself couldn't comprehend how millions of people affected by Agent Orange were living in these countries. But my guess is Holocaust No.2 perhaps ?
I saw limbless adults and children far too often in Vietnam...42 years after it was officially no longer used by the military. With zero generic history for generations back, my son was born deaf and began losing his sight at 16. I often wonder if my father's exposure could have led to this and exacerbated my health issues. Never know. I'm proud as hell of that man.
I was in Vietnam in 1970-71 .....In 2009 I was diagnosed with agent Orange, I receive 10% disability rating..... It took 4 years to get 10% . ............................ Does Agent Orange qualify for VA disability?
Veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam while on active duty are eligible for disability compensation through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as long as they were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable.
My dad died 8 years ago from complications related to Agent Orange. He was in the Navy and he had to fight for 10 years AFTER he retired in 1983 for the VA to acknowledge he had agent orange poisoning. My father in law, also is dealing with the affects and they are getting worse
I remember getting something in the mail about possible Agent Orange side effects thanks to my dad's exposure in Vietnam. I wonder what all I was exposed to during my 12 years in the Army, and how much of what's wrong with me now can be blamed on all of that.
Probably allot, it's the government
My buddy's dad right up the road is a survivor of agent orange (he still hasn't got his check for it)
he has a hole in his foot from a punji trap & over 100 holes in his back from where a grenades went off from the NVA and blew his buddy's bone frags into his back .. and if u look at his pictures on his wall it's all in special forces camps and his battles on his dd214 are unreal bros...
Thanks to Monsantos for that Agent Orange...
i did training at a base in 2007 where they tested agent orange. those areas were still off limits even though it was used decades in the past.
this chemical is no joke...
Parts of Canadian military bases where the agent was tested on are still denuded of natural vegetation and are restricted 🚫 areas to be avoided.
My brother died of horrid cancers from AO, I'm currently 100% disabled from it.. :(
Thank you for what you do.
I was there in 1969 and we played volleyball as they sprayed the agent and thought nothing of it. Now, I have heart disease and prostate cancer and Orange is apparently the suspect. We Americans are often a rather horrible lot of people with all the lies and profits that made this happen! Best of luck to all of us!
Can't wait to hear about compensation for Iraq and Afghan war vets for depleted uranium munitions exposure* in 30/40 years.
Still being manufactured (under a different name) and sold to other country’s around the world.
The chemical the Germans used in their gas chambers is still sold under a different name as well.
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Thank you for sharing
Fire that doesnt burn!
The Vietnam war was not during my lifetime but America has a responsibility to the innocent Vietnamese that are still suffering from this poison. War does not give a country a free pass. The U.S. helped rebuild Germany and Japan after WW2 and needs to support Vietnam to treat the Vietnamese and clean up any agent orange sites. The government is still communist and not America’s ally, but if Nike can make shoes there and we Americans buy products from a former enemy then we need to meet our obligations. 🇺🇸
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Don't confuse business and war responsibility,you buy shoes from VN mainly because it is cheap
RA Ruggedman... rip John A. Thorburn.
a firend of mines grandpa fought in vietnam has lung problems to this day from the orange
There's no test been made because if there would. America has to be blame.
THAT POISON KILLED ALOT OF MEN JUST LIKE MY FATHER PLATOON
All this is well known, but the slugs behind the overpaid desk in the VA pretend not to know, so as to deny help to people like me who got sprayed like bugs- by our own side.....
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Although I feel for those exposed and equally for the emotional trauma of almost anyone doing the killing and being injured shot, etc, most of these men are near the end of their lives. I see reimbursements at this point a toll on everyone's tax dollars. The time they should have been awarded money for their pain would have been in their 20s when they returned from the war and not 5 to 10 years before their death. Really, they're at the point where natural causes is probably pretty close to any relation to AO at this point. How do we know AO is to blame when a man dies at 70+ years old. Why spend billions of tax payer dollars on one more cause at a point in time where the USA is already far beyond bankrupt. We are throwing money away in way too many places at the current time.
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