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Aug 3, 2013 · In the last two years, four books have appeared that help us look more steadily at the complex of issues and experiences frequently referred to, inaccurately but memorably, as Agent Orange: the United States’ use of chemicals during the war in Vietnam, and the long-term consequences of.
Sep 13, 2023 · Agent Orange Victims in Vietnam: Their Numbers, Experiences, Needs, and Sources of Support. Between 1961 and 1971, US forces sprayed an estimated 12 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam. The effects remain one of the most contentious legacies of the Vietnam War.
Aug 2, 2011 · Agent Orange was a powerful herbicide used by U.S. military forces during the Vietnam War to eliminate forest cover and crops for North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The U.S. program,...
Jan 27, 2022 · The United States sprayed 19.5 million gallons of Agent Orange over the course of the Vietnam War. The goal was to deny Vietcong fighters and North Vietnamese troops forest cover and food supplies.
Mar 16, 2021 · Even after diplomatic relations were restored in 1995, Agent Orange was a political third rail. Vietnamese complaints about the effects of the herbicides on human health — raising issues of reparations, corporate liability and possible war crimes — were dismissed as propaganda. American diplomats were forbidden even to utter the words.
Sep 9, 2024 · Agent Orange, mixture of herbicides that U.S. military forces sprayed in Vietnam from 1962 to 1971 during the Vietnam War for the dual purpose of defoliating forest areas that might conceal Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces and destroying crops that might feed the enemy.
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Oct 4, 2017 · More than 10 years of U.S. chemical warfare in Vietnam exposed an estimated 2.1 to 4.8 million Vietnamese people to Agent Orange. More than 40 years on, the impact on their health has...
