Agent Orange (The Vietnam War)
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Undoubtedly, the jungle terrain was a tremendous obstacle for the Americans in fighting the war. For that reason, they fought it by all means possible.
The best, but also the most controversial weapon in their arsenal were chemical defoliants such as ‘Agent Orange’.
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Wilcox, Fred A. Scorched Earth: Legacies of Chemical Warfare in Vietnam. Seven Stories Press, 2011.
Tucker, Spencer. The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO, 2011.
Wiest, Andrew. The Vietnam War 1956-1975 Andrew Wiest. Osprey, 2002.
Buckingham, William A. Jr. "Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971." The SHAFR Guide Online. doi:10.1163/2468-1733_shafr_sim170170073.
Stellman, Jeanne Mager, et al. “The Extent and Patterns of Usage of Agent Orange and Other Herbicides in Vietnam.” Nature, vol. 422, no. 6933, 2003, pp. 681-687., doi:10.1038/nature01537.
"I know what you're thinking; what's in the canister?"
Orange drink.
Nova 6
Spicy bug spray
Orange colored meth.
@@azlooterlife3355 Fanta‘s new marketing strategy is to mix Fanta and meth.
If you go to Vietnam, there’s are schools for children who is affected by Agent Orange, they are the forth generation victims. Most of them lost the ability to speak, hear, see or move. Some even have neurological problems or deformed body. Few kids I met there were told not be able to live pass teenage hood because of that. That’s the biggest consequences of that chemical, to be able to last through generations, not just causing death to those who interacted.
sad
One of those inventions of war that you don't really understand until years later. Kind of like nukes and their radiation.
Another US war crime the US won’t pay for.
@@xgamerbih hopefully one day
I doubt it, but a girl can dream
@@xgamerbih Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not war crimes. The real crime would have been a conventional invasion that killed untold millions.
Remember class: It's not a horrific warcrime if YOU do it
*and win the war
@@fork9001 They didn't.
@@ethanor Which is why this video exists
It's not a warcrime if it's necessary for self defense. The war itself was a crime against the U.S. people perpetrated by the U.S. government.
@@VinnyBloo Civilians died.
Why kill civilians? Why let them die?
Why? Just why?
The Vietnamese usually say that: We forgive but never forget.
I think that's an honorable approach.
@@Ranstone Very. In my opinion, they have full right to not forgive us for what we did. We ruined so many lives, and practically decimated not only Vietnam, but the surrounding countries. They have full right to hate us
@@Tigershark_3082 they do but most just forgive and remember
@@Sw1fty_W I know. Im purely embarrassed and ashamed about what the US did back then. We should've been helping Vietnam, not invading it
@@Tigershark_3082 Weren't we invading it so we could help free Vietnam from the Communists?
One time at work a few months back I saw a Vietnam War Vet who wore a hat signifying that he was involved with Agent Orange. It also said "Sprayed and Betrayed".
Wow.
Zinedine zidane
Zinedine zidane
@@onlyone7069 yes
@FEC Multimedia but they were mostly drafted soldiers. They couldn't do jack, it was either fight or jail time.
One thing really depressing that just yesterday my great uncle died from multiple sclerosis which he got from agent orange during his time in Vietnam.
Then I’m sure you can imagine the thousands of innocent Vietnamese that suffered the same fate
@FEC Multimedia Uhhh maybe for standing up for their ally South Vietnam?
@FEC Multimedia People were drafted, Einstein
@FEC Multimedia curve your privilege little boy.
I mean many people in Vietnam suffered from this and big mass of land literally unusable due to Orange Agent.
One of the most abhorrent and shameful things ever done in humanity, warfare, and US history. Condolences to every victim of this atrocity.
I went to the Vietnam war museum in Saigon and there was this one floor with pictures of people/kids effected by agent orange. The air in that room was stiff, not a sound but you could see peoples eyes watering at the sight of horrific acts of war
My father's best friend was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. One of his duties was to spray Agent Orange, He died a few years ago of pancreatic cancer. My father says it took that war over 50 years but it finally killed him.
My uncle was in the infantry in 1969 and he was also exposed to Agent Orange. He also passed away a couple of years ago due to cancer linked to his exposure of Agent Orange.
Glad my grandad is ok he was on the kittyhawk 1971-1972
Oh my god, I am so sorry for your loss... :(
May his soul rest in peace now.
I had insulinoma when i was 7 yrs old too, it was so horrible.
poor americans they did all that for what? so they could pack up and leave.
My oldest Uncle on my Mother's side was a Scout Dog Handler in the Army Rangers, when he deployed to Vietnam. He served three tours and fought in areas that had been defoliated, but to my knowledge he was lucky enough to never develop cancer.
My old school janitor was a Vietnam War veteran and he passed away last year due to copd and lung cancer as a result of exposure to Agent Orange. R.I.P my best friend ever.
I’m sorry to hear that. Maybe my grandfather will meet him in heaven. He died of the same thing and reason.
@@IronSnakeAce ahh
@@unclesam5230 my grandpa in law was exposed to it but is still kicking it even 55 years later. Has every single VA benefit, and is still healthy
sorry for your loss
By then he
Geneva Convention exist
American in Vietnam : *You mean Geneva Suggestion*
I just visited the War remnants museum in Saigon, today, and being born disabled myself, I wanted to know more about Agent Orange... the pictures were just... I couldn't stop crying... to see all those kids born this way and having to suffer like this for the rest of their lives because the greed of men is just heart breaking...
And what's worst .. men still haven't learned their lesson after all the lives wars have taken...
Where did you pull out "greed"? It was due to the fear of the spread of communism.
My uncle died from the effects of agent orange in 2017 his daughter had birth defects too and died in 2002. He was finally repaid by the government for his illness in 2005. Almost 40 years later!!!!!
@manny022 im pretty sure its banned
@manny022 it is not a war crime because uncle sam did it. If other countries did it, it would be a war crime
That stuff was sprayed on my Grandpa, it hurt my Mom after she was born and it hurt me and my sisters.
Thanks to this orange crap mist we have POTS and EDS.
@@Alex-cz4dy Where are the payments from China for their lab created WuHan Virus?
@@Alex-cz4dy True, I bet most western countries didn't see that as a war crime, well, as you said, because US did it.
Americans: it's not a chemical weapon, it's a defoliant.
Germans: Hans, I think we have missed a great opportunity to deploy sarin based de-icer at Stalingrad...
I now am personally offended
@@mahouaniki4043 genital
@@roskcity hehee peepee funie
@@mahouaniki4043 but the US lost?
@@YANILLIONAIRE That doesn't fit the anti US bias this person is trying to push
Imagine breaking the Geneva convention and still losing
It looks to me like farmers is the US’s biggest weakness look at Afghanistan lol
Wise words Lego Yoda
If that the case Vietnam would have broke many war crimes in a war you enemy don't care about war crimes and your govt also does not care
@@Tony00599 Afghanistan also defeated USSR and they withdrew as well
@@axel665 well, technically Vietnam at that point didnt make too many contacts with others countries. Most of VC troopers dont even know the Geneva susgesstion exist so you know. Not defending my country for their crimes but it atleat understandable
American: Why does everyone hate us!?
Also American:
Don’t let this distract you from the fact that the most historically accurate Vietnam war movie is Tropic Thunder
What about „Good Morning Vietnam“?
@@CatsEyethePsycho i believe thats a line from a movie
@@isaacgonzo it's a robin Williams movie
I love that movie!
platoon is really good, my drill instructor told us that it was one of the best Vietnam movies and I have to agree
Ah yes, the forbidden orange juice.
I drank it once. It was delicious. But now I’m dying. Because I’m part plant you see.
@@CatsEyethePsycho vegan!!!
@@cammy1147 No, my dad had you-know-what with a plant.
Orange crush like the REM song
@@cammy1147 Amogus
Lost my great uncle to stage 4 cancer from agent orange. He was a door gunner and one of the best humans I'd ever met, always willing to drop what he was doing to teach you something new with all the patience in the world.
Agent orange basically causes cancer to humans right ? I think American soldiers got affected by agent orange
@@myyoutubechannel3161 yes, they used to dump it out into the jungles of Vietnam to kill the dense plant life as well as the veitnamese crops. Awful stuff.
Nice
My grandfatherwas also a door gunner. He died of stage 4 cancer colon because of agent orange
Your uncle deserved it.
I love how the Americans have the audacity to complain about the toxin they released which got backfired lol
They famously don’t get irony 😂
My grandfather had Agent Orange exposure. His back was all colored orange and is back was all messed up too. He died from complications from it. Rip Cpl. Kevin John Grimley 1947-2006 miss you still.
Rest in Peace to your grandfather. I'm sure he was a great man. Happy Easter!
@tom cool but the government did not do their duty for him
@@troyraymund8256 true
May your grandfather rest in peace
Rip
Sadly we just lost a resident at the Veterans home I work at 2 nights to cancer brought on by Agent Orange he will be missed he was a sweet old man
Oh no! That's terrible, I hope he will be remembered for long
@@ayvasovskiy6726 he will he would say hello to everyone he knew everyone by name he would make you laugh and cheer you up if you were upset the activity room wont be the same without him in there watching his Western Movies and drinking his Sprites
@@kyleshiflet9952 well, that is very sad. The only thing I can say is, may he now rest in peace.
@@ayvasovskiy6726 I know he is his family came in from Tulsa to see him one last time
;_;
~ 80 million tons of Agent Orange
- 15 million tons of bombs (3 times the number of bombs used in World War II) including napalm and they said it was not a genocidal massacre of Vietnamese people! 😢 this is unbelievable.
Agent Orange was not used as a weapon
all of this and still lost
@@SandfordSmythetell that to all the victims on both sides
@@user-td2jw9ze2c That's a shallow reply. It was not used purposely as a weapon. The damage was unintentional. I'm not saying there wasn't terrible damage from it, and that the US doesn't have responsibility here. But it was more a tragedy than a war crime. It was not part of a "genocidal massacre".
@@SandfordSmythe they deliberately used it, that's a war crime.
This channel is my new favorite. Although some of the animations play over and over, its nice to have it play in the background and watch the animations once in a while
My uncle was a transport driver through the Ho Chi Minh trail (we called it the Trường Sơn road) from 1962 to 1970. In his diary he wrote: The first time i'm receive my task to transport the ammunition from Quang Tri to Tay Ninh, the road, it full of mud, and there is no green trees, only burning trees, some trees is look burning but when i come closer it those trees looks like being melting. It hard to breath in this road, at first we though it just because the smoke of their naparm, but after 2 years of doing this job, my heart start getting hurt anytimes i'm smoking cigaritte, my arm skin start change to brown, and sometimes it so painful, i can't stop scratching. Some of my comrade got the same things but we don't know anything and keep moving.
My uncle died in 1971, after his truck getting hit by artilery, he had been killed by shell shrapnel, one of his friends return his diary to our family.
Respect to all veterans of the war, from both sides, they have lost something back here.
@@doge8726 they were literally fighting for their country not some stupid domino theory .
@@doge8726
Why would you support American imperialism then?
@@doge8726 idiot, they're not "Commies" they even wrecked Communist China when the US left.
@@doge8726 they didn’t fight for an ideology, they fought for their own freedom. Communism and Capitalism didn’t play any fking role, its just a game of the global giants and the only victims are the small nations
@Casualicious // actually America did help the north in the beginning but due to their advisors getting killed by the north and threats from France, they stopped, and later joined back to help the south keep its independence.
Two years ago, my grandfather passed away after losing his fight with Prostate Cancer, which he received thanks to exposure to Agent Orange.
For some stupid reason UA-cam is not allowing me to edit or add to my previous comment, so I have to do it by replying to it. Regardless, RIP Lt. Colonel Charles Eugene Norwood. You are dearly missed every day by your family, Granddad.
Im sorry for your loss
I'm sorry for you loss, but hey, it happens to all of us
2 years ago my grandpa died of brain cancer and he agent Orange as well
@@moore2115 You have my deepest condolences, my friend.
"They should fought by all means possible"
Vietnamese citizen: Yeah that doesnt explain why my entire city is dead
American war crimes and people here still defend this evil act .
I love it when Simple History makes dark and controversial vids like this one, they need to be told.
Litterally almost everyone who reads about the vietnam war knows about agent orange and its effects
@@randomclipsmilitary9056 You are right but for many viewers of this channel there are a lot of younger people some of whom have probably not heard of this or not aware of all the details and videos like this hope explain it to them.
@@OtterSam
Excellent point.
It shocks me how little the current generation of school-age kids know about US and UK history, especially our roles in WW1, WW2, the US in Vietnam and the UK retaking the Falkland Islands.
It seems these subjects are no longer "politically correct" so the curriculum teaches them about Drag Queens, how many genders there are and how to cope with being "Triggered"...
@@residentelect Well things like gender and being triggered are not going to be taught in place of a history class for obvious reasons. Second, as someone who recently finished high school, my textbooks did contain information about wars the US fought, but we often skipped over things not related to either World War to talk more about our domestic accomplishments. If anything, we are not getting taught about US foreign intervention because the curriculum emphasizes American exceptionalism these days.
@@Cindy99765 And you are right the world wars are important but the intervention wars are equally as important to history it’s the same case here in Canada where I am from and this needs to be emphasized more
Less known fact is that Agent Orange actually made its debut during the Korean War. My grandfather, who passed away in 2018, served in the Navy during Korea and was exposed to Agent Orange. He developed leukemia and it was caused by Agent Orange, its been 3 years and his death is still felt.
lol gay
Do you have evidence what caused it? There has never been any official evidence linking the herbicide to any damage to those exposed.
@@majungasaurusaaaa You have any evidence that earth is round ?
@@naxergss2625 Yes, we have plenty, esp since space travel allowing satellites to take photos from space. Can't say the same about this herbicide causing damage to exposed humans.
@@majungasaurusaaaa if you watched the entire video they actually do state the evidence.
Very well put together video. Thank you
I’ve been binge watching this for a solid 3 hours… keep it up
There was a Native American guy I met while doing the recent census and he was explaining to me that the government had sprayed parts of the San Carlos Apache reservation with agent orange. He had many skin defects (he was about 30ish) and that the chemical carried through the generations and he and his family developed lots of health problems. The cottonwood trees around that area were affected (along with other plants) were severely twisted and mangled, when they are generally supposed to be straight and firm
Did he sue he has a right to sue the government for that there are firms that can defend his claim.
@@mikecampos1193 Most likely not. They most certainly either kept quiet or ignored him. In the South they used to spray laborers on purpose with it too.
And have you found proof of this or just believing anyone who makes claims
What was the reason they used it in San Carlos?
I call cap
Agent Brown is the process of army portapotties being tipped while youre inside it. A highly effective combat method.
If only this was employed in Vietnam
agent brown is the guy hiding in the bush waiting to tip over da porty potty
I suspect if done to enemy combatants it counts as a war crime
Chemical warfare
It's quite effective as a psychological weapon it's even more effective when the individual in question is one of those guys whose crazy about keeping themselves or their hair clean
The most tragic fact was those affected seem to walk in place... I couldn't resist. Great video guys!
Can we just take a moment to appreciate Simple History's integrity? You give us facts and history, not politics or opinions. Thank you. Many topics you cover are highly controversial, but none of us came here to have a political debate. We came here to educate ourselves about history in an entertaining manner.
Thank you again. After watching since you had like, 40K subbies, I finally subscribed. Please never change.
That’s why I love this channel you named the best reasons
“I love the smell of-“ *coughing noises*
Edit: Jesus christ what happened in the replies
Meanwhile in a NVA base : *ENEMY NAPALM BOMBER ABOVE!*
AUOGH AUEOGH
*ENEMY NAPALM STRIKE INCOMING*
The last words of an American Soldier
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
Interesting fact: The largest manufacturer of Agent Orange during this war, was the Monsanto Chemical Company. They actually had a pretty large influence on Disneyland and one of its earlier attractions there, Adventures Through Inner Space. It was the primary sponsor from 1967 until 1977.
They control much of the food supply
Knowing that monsanto made agent orange and is nowdays in control of most of seeds and chemicals in agriculture isn't a comforting thought
They also create a lot of the aspartame and artificial sweeteners for cocoa cola zero and diet coke.
@@ballofmayo5132 At least I only drink Diet Dr. Pepper..
I knew as soon as I saw Monsanto in the comment I would not be disappointed in the appearance of tin foil hats
Why do you justify US by calling it a defoliant? Its an irresponsible usage of chemical weapon.
Will these children be compensated?
Will Vietnam pay for our Vietnam veterans with ptsd
@@hughjass4736 shouldn't have sent your soldiers in the first place. Better off dead.
they did not compensate the Vietnamese victims, the court said that at that time the world did not ban the use of dioxin, so they rejected the Vietnamese victim's lawsuit. However, they compensated hundreds of millions of dollars for soldiers from allied countries participating in the war who were exposed to this poison. Up to now, the inheritance of this poison has reached the 4th generation and there are still hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people suffering from this poison today.
@@hughjass4736 vậy tại sao cựu chiến binh của ban lại có mặt trên đất nước chúng tôi, thảm sát dân thường nước tôi, mém bom rải thảm bao gôm bom napalm, dử dụng vũ khí hóa học lên người dân đất nước chúng tôi vậy?
@@hughjass4736 they didnt had to go there
Vietnam can be friends with all nations that have been enemies. but the Vietnamese people will never forget the crimes that the Americans and their allies have inflicted on the Vietnamese people
Please tell me, do the Vietnamese still love condensed milk and drink it with coffee?
Do one on Mefloquine .. the drug we were told was super safe, forced to take prior to deployments, only to find out it poisons the brain. Thats been fun to live with.
Jesus, I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe it's a good thing I was rejected by the military when I tried to enlist.
Because of your comment, I went into the Mefloquine rabbit hole.
Damn man, I'm sorry. They had to have known about the physiological but also highly prevalent psychological issues.
Hallucinations, balance issues, deep depression, etc.
Plus weird stuff like pain on the right side of the stomach. That's when you know it's directly targeting something messed up in you.
@@HarvestMoonHowl No worries man, its the only reason im hesitant with the COVID vaccine atm. Im waiting for the good one because I was given Mefloquine and I have brain damage because of it. Not all got it, some were lucky. Like playing Russian roulette.
Thank you for sharing your story. It's things like this that make me wonder why the military budget keeps going up if it's not going to be used to protect our soldiers and prevent them from being homeless when they get older.
God bless you my American brother hope you are doing well if only we wasted as much money on medicinal and health I think we would have accomplished so much but greed is killing so many innocent people
Everyone talking about how it effected the American soldiers but what it did to the Vietnamese people was much more horrific.
Okay?
@@mW-yp9gn I don't think he watched the full video.
@@codiak2680 I think you're right
@@codiak2680 well.. he didn’t, but.. it make Vietnam baby don’t have leg, arm, face,ear and a mouth look like you can took it off, Even more it made some children begin crazy or look into wall for all day for no reason.
@@loclam3791 What does that have anything to with the op not watching the full video? I never asked about whatever you just commented, try learning basic English grammar before responding.
This video should be played non-stop in every army recruiter's office.
My uncle Gary went blind and eventually died from his exposure to agent orange. One of the greatest people I've ever had the chance of meeting. R.I.P.
Nice
A few of my uncles served in Vietnam. One of them has lung cancer due to Agent Orange. Another has other lung problems. Both of them also suffer from PTSD and have been very ill recently. I hope I can see them soon.
Ptsd wasnt called that then at the time it was known as shell shock
Excuse me, can i ask this personal?
Your Uncles have childs after war? Did They get disabilities like no arm, no eye, no leg...
@Chí Thiện Nguyễn cái vấn đề ở đây là những người tiếp xúc trực tiếp có sinh con quái thai hay ko? Bên VN thì nói có, còn thực tế là các người bị tiếp xúc ở nước khác như Hàn, Cam Lào.... Lại ít có hiện trạng trên
@@DutchTraveler No, i mean their children not them . Because i want know Dioxin give your Uncles disabilities children or not
@@youreplymeY0UGEI If they did have kids, it would probably pass down some sort of genetic defect. The video talks about this with the Vietnamese children born paralyzed or stunted, likely the same happened to the children of US service-members. In the end, only the common folk suffered. Truly tragic.
My great Uncle Ray passed away in 1991 from cancer that was caused by Exposure to Agent Orange his younger brother David was KIA during the Siege at Khe Sahn
*khe sanh
I had a Grandpa Ray pass away in the mid 2000s from exposure to Agent Orange
@@ZUELK_ my condolences man
Funny how round-up is just agent orange
@@jacknickolstine3355 what? Chemically completely different so what are you saying?
My grandfather fought in the Vietnam war, and actually died because of cancer due to agent orange. Thank you for making this video! I really appreciate it
Nice
Thanks for this video my grandad died of cancer from agent orange 5 years ago before he passed he didn't remember anyone even his own wife this video gave me some closure
My grandfather can tell you more of this agent orange, he was at the ground when he felt his effects.
@Callum Thomas 😄😄😄😄
Did you tell him it was south vietnam who requested it
@@noriskguarantee15 he likely didn't hear that or like most people were fed misinformation thanks to activists and the MSM.
My pap pap got agent orange when he was on ship be aide they would drink the water so some agent orange was in the water and he got agent orange
@@themegaknight1411 wow, so he was on jungle patrols?
I’m 72 and was in Danang in 1968-1970. I’ve been affected but I’m still hanging in there. I didn’t have any problems until 20 years later.
Worthless war man. What did you think when you were there. Do you think war was good for me no cause us didn't had any business in there
But hoping you're having great life
@@ShubhamMishrabro show some respect man, he was probably drafted, making it not his choice to be there. Get a grip..... to you sir the original poster thanks for your service.
@@Smitherrrrs bro please read again. I'm saying war was worthless not him. I didn't meant to sound rude that's why I hoped he is living great life
@@ShubhamMishrabro I know what you said, but its disrespectful to his service, like me saying you going to school was worthless because you've turned out to be an idiot. Don't undermine the man's service due to the political choices of the people at the top
More videos about the Vietnam War please💯
There’s an artist named RA The Rugged Man whose dad was a part of a special Ops unit in Vietnam. Due to this though, almost all of his siblings were born with horrible deformities.
My bus driver in Middle school Tom dealt w agent orange when he was in Vietnam. No cancer thankfully 🙏🏻 (Happy Easter everyone!)
My dad has cancer and my grandpa has a tumor, if the tumor is cancer he has only a 34% chance of surviving, not related to agent orange tho
ඞ sorry to hear, I’ll Pray for you 🙏🏻
Happy Easter.
Happy Easter man. Glad to hear your bus driver is still ok
Happy Easter!
*"If you can't burn the trees, poison them"*
- Joe McWarcrimes
ah yes famous quotes that dont exist
Haha
Mhm
Ah yes, the famous quotes said by soldiers before commiting war crimes
Yeah, burn it with a gender reveal party.
My grandfathers brother was part of these operations while in the navy. In 1964 he came home but suffered from sickness and lost his toe. Sadly he passed away at home. The navy awarded him the Purple Heart after his death
F him
Not for Agent Orange
Usa : lets spary something that destroy the forest
Also Usa now : we need to plant more trees !
I met a Vietnam vet who was a combat medic at the time and told of how he remembered watching planes spray the agent in Vietnam and being exposed to it. He got really broken up when he brought up how he had lost many friends who had died from cancer because of the agent and he himself had cancer from it. It was really heart breaking to hear and I can’t imagine what it’d be like to experience that
@FEC Multimedia blame Lyndon B Johnson for getting us in Vietnam
@FEC Multimedia ❄️ show some respect
@FEC Multimedia Your profile pic explains a lot
@FEC Multimedia Look, it was not the soldiers' choice, but it was the government that demanded it of the citizens and their own incompetence and violation of morality.
@@jfrm_559 i don't know dude i don't see why Palestine shouldn't ask for freedom
1:37 those quotes on the helmets are so deep and so accurate
James come
“Born to kill”
@@rita25y.o-checkmyvideo19 wtf go away
My grandfather used to pack powder into his ships shells on Song Huong Estuary during February 1968 and on Mekong River Delta in vicinity of Vinh Binh Province during December 1968. He passed this past September due to complications from liver cancer.
karma 😇
AGENT ORANGE THE FIRE THAT DOESN'T BURN
"Charlie's idea of R+R is a couple hours of sleep, and a little cold rat meat". That sentence right there speaks volumes
Xw I AM
Powerful
They really didn't eat much rat meat. The jungle is a buffet of animals.
What's R+R?
"Napalm sticks to kids"
My grandfather jumped into the Malaya Crisis and Vietnam. Survived all that just to die in 1999 from cancer caused by agent orange. Just a sad situation all around.
xD !
@cursed_scp -049 how isnt it funny ?
@cursed_scp -049 Thats hilarious !
@@naxergss2625 nice b8 m8
@@jagar5580 ????
I just ate at Eat’n Park, and I met a vet who was in one of those planes he had slowed speech and had to use a walker, but he was the nicest man ever. God bless Bob
Video starts at 1:27
I am impressed how he properly said the name of the chemicals.
I worked in Sales and used to do Door-to-Door sales for Comcast back in the day. I remember coming up to a door and there were signs warning me to stay back, "Agent Orange Veteran". He came out wearing an oxygen mask and looked tired. I talked to him and wasn't able to make the sell but I remember seeing him and just being amazed that my own country did this to our soldiers. Heart breaking.
They didn't just do it to your soldiers, they did it to a whole nation while claiming to save it
@@FedericoLucchi Yep, and that same company wants to sell you their toxic "Round Up" to kill the weeds in your lawn.
@@ColoradoStreaming Use vinegar and dawn dish detergent as a weed killer.
@@Pynaegan I just use a can of spray on deodorant and a lighter :p
@@titanjakob1056 Fun but expensive.
My step-moms father was a marine in the Vietnam war. He died in 2015 with a bunch of illnesses and some of them were due to his exposure to agent orange
I like it when you upload videos I enjoy watching it
The use of Agent Orange was criminal.
Not the first time something fucked up was done during war, and not the last.
It’s war not fucking candyland,I don’t think you Really know what that means,for All involved,you just see the self righteous side like most who could not begin to understand what War really is and how it affects people on both sides.
Other countries have done atrocities during war, not just us Americans
@@imperialpilot2164 I was talking about Agent Orange specifically.....
@@JoeRocket-sf6qs it´s really funny and discusting at the same time when americans justify this.. all you have to do is go watch the childrens in Vietnam up to 4 generations still suffering with this agent effect, born with sever physical deffects and lets not forget the US soldiers that lost their lives and thought that they were fighting for america but actually were fighting for wallstreets and politicians pockets. so don´t come here and try to justify these practices and war crimes that were committed. even your country admitted it at the end after half of a century, they don´t take responsibility of course becasue they still think that they are ´´ the good guys´´ and yet the rest of the world think that the US (the gov, not the genioun people) is the cancer of the wolrd...
My grandpa had problems related to agent orange he would randomly break out in rashes and he said himself “I left a burning sensation in your nose on your tongue; it felt like your skin was boiling and I couldn’t smell anything for a couple of years”
It’s a shame he died about 4 years ago I don’t remember what his platoon is and he would never tell what else he’d I could look it up but I want to respect he’s privacy
I hope he gets well and lives a long life
@@hinapatel7327 His post said he died 4 years ago, dude
@Sl Mi
All countries need their debt repayed
You make it seem like the US is the only nation to ever commit war crimes
@pugasaurus rex
But in the video it is... 'US' soldier haha
Nice
“Why am I agent pink?”
“Because you’re a F****t alright?!”
amazing and thank you and im from viietnam
I clicked on this video so fast, I work at a gas station and we have this regular Vietnam vet who wears a veterans hat and it says agent orange on it . I’ve always wondered what that was and now I know. God bless
Well if you were actually curious you could’ve cured your ignorance by researching,
@@clxwncrxwn are u serious, he's just showing that he liked the video about this topic, and I believe you can learn in many ways, sometimes a video can be the right way for you to understand a subject. G'day.
Kurtz and
I searched up the birth defects caused by agent orange, and I regret it a lot
Damn.
And to think Monsanto, the very same company, want you to spray their "Round Up" herbicide on your driveway...
@@ColoradoStreaming my mother, who's father worked for Monsanto, believes them to be 1 of the 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse.
@@ColoradoStreaming round up it's not agent orange tho. Farmers use it too, and they get no birth defect and that kind of stuff. Of course, it's still polluting, but it's definitely not to the level of agent orange
@@ColoradoStreaming they also run the soy industry I think over 90% of soybeans use there modified GMOs genes
Agent orange is killer album
My grandfather died of leukaemia, having been a chemist that worked with agent orange for many years, this was just in completely civilian use for the Ontario government, but exposure to agent orange and other chemicals in the same vane eventually caused him get cancer after a heart attack, leading to his death. This video does a really good job discussing its health effects while keeping it concise
Nice
My grandpa was a Vietnam vet and fought for the US. He passed away because of the effects that agent orange had an the US troops.
He passed away cause of the useless intervention of the USA in a theatre that had nothing to do with them
@@DarthVaderfr it had everything to do with the USA, there is an explanation. The USA didn’t want communism to spread. That was the reason for the intervention.
@@DarthVaderfr Communism was enemy numero uno at the time. So yes it had to do with the US.
@@DarthVaderfr Ask Captain Xuan Dao if he thought it was a useless intervention while he served 3 years in a communist "reeducation camp" between 1972 and 1975. He came to the United States as a refugee in 1975 on a boat that almost sank. I worked with the man for 2 years. Your comments are uninformed and insensitive. The issues behind the war are much more complex than can be explained by a one-line trollpost like yours.
My grandpa did too
My mom said that one of my grandpa's was a ranger in the military, he was one of the people to work with Agent Orange. Him and including other rangers, got cancer and health problems in life, he died young. The government never did anything to compensate those soldiers.
Thank you for his service.Join the army and bring democracy to the heathens.
@@sarahgesheft1697 Ha as if America has ever brought democracy anywheee
@@carrion-fairy let’s see, South Korea, japan, the Phillipines, many pacific islands etc
@@carrion-fairy we stopped communism
@@mrsisterz4866 sure kid
US Government : Trust the Government, we are your big brother why would we want to hurt you?
Me : sus
My grandfather was an Army MP during Vietnam, he had been around Agent Orange alot during his 18 months there(69-71) He passed away in 2020, due to Cerebral Ataxia, caused by the chemicals in Agent Orange.
My next door neighbor is a Vietnam veteran. He was exposed to Agent Orange, now he's in his like 70s or so and his shoulders are deteriorating and he can barely walk. That stuff is f'd man.
i mean yeh agent orange has killed millions and gave millions cancer but he is also just old... i think over 50 your chances of cancer is 1/2
Agent Orange killed my grandpa before i could get to know him then without him my dad joined the marines to feed his family at 17
Vietnam was a mistake, just being repeated by the American government over and over again, more young people sent to die for wars the U.S will never win. The hypocrisy that surrounds American government is amazing
@@danksanchez4324 I feel like militaries often use their soldiers as test subjects. Also, in Vietnam, there were a lot of different drugs going around. Sooo many government departments and agencies around the world with their own agendas.
@@TheRedAirOn I know what the Vietnam wars politics are, its still a mistake with America being there all they did was give a couple of generations severe birth defects, or some cancer, and massacred a few villages and drafted a bunch of people, and they didn’t even “stop” communism.
The full incompetence of American government is in display in the Middle East right now. But before that it was Nicaragua, and Cuba, Libya, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan.
@@danksanchez4324 defense secretary McNamara sent actual people that were classified as "retarded" into war zones to see how they would do most of them died
My 90 year old neighbor just passed away from blood cancer from agent orange. He was a real hero. He held a purple heart and bronze star which he earned by carrying a man back to base after an ambush where his arm was slashed with a machete down to the bone. One of the toughest but kindest and most genuine man to ever live.
@@ghostsamongus3370 he had cancer for like 25 years. Also thats not how chemical exposure works.
@@ryanv1279 To be fair cancers above the age of 70 is much more common even if you were never exposed to chemicals.
50 years ago, I was in Saigon and I was exposed to AO and now my diabetes is out of control and my left foot is losing feeling and I can't make it move. I volunteer to go to the Navy but I didn't know about the AO
Not to scare you lol, but my grandfather got it in his left toe and passed away
It didn't affect him until 30 years later.
This is one of the most vile operations in human history. Even the civilian use of herbicides is always questionable as there are other ways of dealing with unwanted plants.
Exactly herbicides are very dangerous despite what companies say lots of evidence shows its very potent even for commercial use
America should have Agent Orange sprayed on their cities to see how they like it
So that's why Rambo sayd his friend dyed from cancer when they were throwing orange dust on them in Rambo First Blood
Cancer ate him down to the bone.
Nice observation
Died*
oh I get it now.
OH.
@@EmbeddedWithin it's dyed
His mother could lift him with the sheets
I'm german and my aunt moved to the US in the 90s and married a texan vietnam vet who was a pilot and came into contact with herbicides. He was also shot down at least one time. I met him once when I was very young and couldn't speak or understand much english but he left a huge impression on me who was already interested in military history back then. He died from cancer in the late 90s and it was said it was due to his service in Vietnam. Of course I have no idea if that realy was the sole cause but it's plausible. I often think of the guy. RIP Earl.
Absolutely loved the first person animations, great work!
Watch the "How to survive the Vietnam War" video they did. A lot of the first person stuff comes from that one.
This is one of the more tragic moments of the war. The natural world had to pay a high price for a war that didn't need to be fought in the first place.
Are you serious? The worst part of the Vietnamese war wasnt any of the unnecessary suffering endured by military and civilan personnel, but that some fucking trees died? Jesus, give me a break.
In all fairness the VC left damn near 3 million land mines that villagers & animals equally set off on a regular day in the jungles & villages
@@theoaky8924 Do you not realize it led to genetic abnormalities that modern day Vietnamese suffer from? As well certain sections are still being cleared of the stuff, also the ecosystem and the animals that rely on the trees for food or survival suffered too which can lead to more devastation to country's natural surroundings. But hey they were just trees so no big deal.
@Crank Yanker 🤨
@@theoaky8924 bruh this was one of the worst things for humans
My grandpa was a Vietnam vet and he told my cousins and I these crazy stories of the affects Agent Orange had on everything that he’d seen
Can you tell me a couple?
@FEC Multimedia while I don't agree with the hate Jew narrative, it is obvious there are rich elites who try to exploit others. Like I said, don't hate the player, hate the game.
@{White Atriox} yep, and that is the case in Vietnam. They wanted to prevent something for literally no reason, and it costed the lives of over 58 thousand. My grandpa in law fought in this as a Force Recon Marine, and even over 50 years later still lives with the image of war
@{White Atriox} exactly
@FEC Multimedia well the issue with that is when you're drafted it isnt a request, it is an order to enlist. You think the people who were drafted wanted to fight. Most Americans there didn't commit war crimes, so you can't just hate them all. Last time people like you went with that approach more people killed themselves here than the amount that died over there
The after effects of agent orange are horrific but i think the most horrific thing is how the use of legal precedence was used to convince an official to sign on to such an experimental war tactic, especially a british one that was originally implemented to actually preserve british financial interests in myanmar.
Agent Orange is still in the soil in parts of Vietnam.
My great uncle was exposed to agent orange in Vietnam, he has Parkinson’s yet still tells me great stories of being a combat medic, after Vietnam he traveled all across the globe and has many stories of far away places.
Note: He still believes that the war shouldn’t have occurred.
Go home GI
@Egg T unless you're in the recieving end of it
@@comradekenobi6908 go home commie
@@SnipSnip477 bash the fash
Oh my.
My uncle is a prime example of Agent Orange. My cousin Ryan (his kid) came out disabled. My uncle has had cancer 10 times in 5 years, lung problems, kidney problems, and the list goes on. When he returned from. Vietnam people treated him horribly the first thing he told me is people spit in his face for losing the war. My uncle lost everyone he trained and everyone close to him, he has severe PTSD. My neighbor was a Vietnam has very severe PTSD, best neighbor I have ever had same story. Very heartbreaking to see it, and hear stories of how grossly mistreated they are even to this day.
Well it is completely understandable that people from Vietnam would treat US soliders like that. After all the US soliders did commit A LOT of warcrimes in Vietnam.
@@aljazcuk that's not what he's saying mate. I think it should actually read "when he came back from Vietnam, people (like the american people) treated him badly". Not the Vietnamese
@@aljazcuk a lot of Vietnam vets committed war crimes. My uncle was not one of them. My uncle told me he regrets to this day killing someone because that was someone's child, someone's daughter, brother, aunt or uncle. He hated war and had no choice. My neighbor as well had no choice but to shoot someone she suffers severely to this day. Had no choice but go into war when she was drafted.
I don't think returning vets were treated as badly as some say.
Thank you Simple History for this short explanation. It is sadly on point and completely true. The horrible birth defects in Vietnam may not have occurred with our soldiers but we have problems and the government barely recognizes the affect. My birth parents served in Vietnam and my birth dad also served in Korea. Agent orange killed him and made my mom very sick in physical and mental ailmenths; as she was a nurse and tended to soldiers covered in the toxins that got everywhere. My bday died at 45. Government did finally recognize his death and compensated to his current wife. I was adopted out of family so I had no idea. After making contact and learning of my genetic contributions that were damaged, I finally had a semi explanation to my problems. The ill health has continued in the blood lines and we're onto the fourth generation.
I fully believe that Vietnam has it worse and we don't try to eat from the soil or have multiple descendents that all carry the weird mutations. The whole motivation of agent orange is to kill and kill in many ways and it worked.
It's funny where people telling their US veteran related were affected by this chemical like it was the horrible thing could ever happen to human. Look at those innocent generation of the affected locals in Vietnam. They have been through pain more than a pity cancer
I think you missed the point my dude
@@dannyg1153 WTF IS THE POINT
agent orange got tested in tully, australia. there is still an increased amount of cancer and lung problems in this town. but they dont tell anyone that side of the story
Is that near Sidney? Because Meggabattie is losing tons of her Gray headed flying foxes to soft long bones and bleeding in the lungs.
@@toryknotts8026 no tully is located about 2300km north from sydney. well over a full day driving.
@@Dead_Empire is it possible though? Because she sent them off to pathologies at the zoo for testing, and so far no clue. The black flying foxes and the rare little reds she gets aren't dyeing from whatever this is, and it only seem to effect the baby's and juvies
@@toryknotts8026 its too far away for that to be the cause. nsw has had alot of problems from drought, bushfires and flooding the past few years. i am not a vet. any answer i give would only be a guess? it could be anything causing these animals to get sick.
4:57 Da Nang citizen here. The airport is still contaminated until 2019 when the US finished the cleanup
This is madness!!!
How come USA wasn’t trialled for all this war crimes!! ?? From Native Indian wars to Afghan war 🙄🙄
They've got their fingers in international politics. They'd essentially be trialling themselves.
A light fine? House arrest for some figures? Perhaps, most that it'll be, for now at least.