As a result, a conscientiously controlled program of vegetation control through the use of herbicides must be applied. Application of herbicides must be directed toward retarding growth to provide a cleared area ….
Because of ongoing security concerns, Air Force leadership ordered the use of additional herbicides. Several documents demonstrate that Agents Orange and Blue were present in Thailand. That leaves 21, gallons of herbicide unaccounted for with their last known location in Thailand. This directly coincides with Air Force documents stating that defoliation operations around the Udorn perimeter occurred during this period.
It stands to reason that this remaining herbicide was used at other bases since 21, gallons was far more than necessary for a single base.
In , vegetation control on Korat was regarded as a serious issue because dense growth provided the enemy with the opportunity to access the KC parking ramp. As a result, the embassy approved the use of herbicides. Additionally, the CHECO Report states that soil sterilization and herbicide use was approved by the embassy in in accordance with the Rules.
These admissions correlate with sworn statements provided by several Airmen. His statements corroborate documentation demonstrating the use of herbicides on U-Tapao in and In Command Sergeant Major Ret.
This coincides with documentation demonstrating that Major George Norwood addressed the need for strong vegetation control and that the Base Civil Engineers had been requested specifically for vegetation control on Udorn in Thailand veteran Michael Williams, who was stationed at Ubon from May to May , asserted that he was assigned to a detail that involved defoliating the perimeter of the base.
During the detail, he used defoliants that were contained in gallon drums with orange stripes. Although he worked on the detail for 10 days, he stated that the detail continued for the rest of his time there.
This matches documentation indicating herbicide use at and after that time. In Mr. Hogstad believed to be Agent Orange. There are several additional pieces of evidence indicating that herbicides were used throughout Southeast Asia.
This suggests that the defoliant improvement projects occurred after the herbicide testing During the Committee hearing on S. Similar to the Air Force unit histories in Thailand, the hearing noted that herbicides were used around bases in order to maintain base security. In order to create a uniform standard for the use of herbicides, military leadership established annual training and standard operating procedures.
Annual training was conducted on Takhli from March 17 to 21, , and July 13 to 16, , with representatives from all Thailand bases. The training is an indicator that Air Force leadership took a cohesive approach regarding the application of herbicides on Thailand bases. As Mr. This notion is further strengthened by the fact that the civil engineers developed a standard operating procedure SOP specifically for the disposal of herbicides due to fear that indiscriminate use of herbicide could be a source of pollution.
This statement indicates that misuse of herbicides by service members led to the necessity of establishing an SOP. It is also another indicator that herbicide use was prevalent and supports statements from Airmen regarding the use of herbicides throughout Thailand.
Command Sergeant Major Kenneth Witkin stated that grounds personnel informed him they were using Agent Orange when he observed them spraying around barracks. Technical Sergeant William L. Although the SOP is not available or remains classified, the development and enforcement of the SOP highlights the prevalence of herbicide use and the concern of misuse on Thailand bases.
In such a strict application, VA arbitrarily ignores its own policy of conceding herbicide exposure for veterans who served near the perimeter. For example, many veterans on or near aircraft or near the barrels containing herbicides were exposed to the same risks as those conducting foot patrols. While attempting to fix the aircraft, he was forced to kneel in the Agent Orange that covered the floor.
Leaking barrels also directly exposed service members to herbicides. Moreover, those members assigned to disperse herbicides by truck-mounted or backpack systems would certainly have been exposed. This shows a robust relationship between the th Air Division and the movement of herbicides.
This significantly enhances the credibility of these statements by confirming the veterans knew exactly to what they were exposed all along even though the government continues to deny the exposure. National Archives records also reveal that herbicides were delivered to Takhli on April 7, Interestingly, this was after all aerial herbicide spray missions in Vietnam had ceased.
This delivery would have resulted in the exposure of the aircraft crew; the loading, unloading, and storage crew; the crew involved in spraying the herbicides; and the service members in and around the sprayed areas.
Service members were also exposed to herbicides while constructing the perimeter. Daily life on Thailand bases also exposed service members to herbicide agents. Army Manual dated advises that a meter buffer zone must be maintained to avoid damage caused by drifts while ground spraying herbicides. The distance between base perimeters and other base activities was normally well below meters. Keywords: Agent Orange Vietnam.
There is DoD evidence that there are residuals in the soil yet The govt denies it was ever tested there. How did the residuals get into the soil if it was never there. My veteran died in from Melanoma…. He served in Vietnam ! Too much information, too late. I was diagnosed with the Multiple Myeloma about 7 years ago by a private doctor and it took me two years for the VA to finally acknowledge that it, as well as the other ailments were all related to Agent Orange and the experiences of combat.
You fought for this Country whether you wanted to or not and it may seem you are fighting against them because of the problems of dealing with the VA, but you are actually fighting for yourself and your family. We were exposed to AO all the time in the Delta Region.
AO has been proven to be multi-generational. All you have to do is research about the children still being born in Vietnam even today. There are orphanages full of deformed children. She has constant pain in her lower back. One surgery already, more to come.
Just this week she was diagnosed with multiple herniations in her lower back. There is no history in either my wife or my family of Spina Bifida. I believe it came from my exposure to Agent Orange in Vietnam.
My genes were altered be it. She is going to suffer her whole life because of me. I carry a lot of guilt. Many of my shipmates were sterile after returning from Vietnam. Was it Agent Orange? I think so. I was given the information that it could be male or female vet that a child born with certain medical conditions could and should receive benefits. He currently has Type II diabetes and treated for prostate cancer in which now has spread somewhere else in his body test are not conclusive at this time.
Louis that destroyed Navy personnel records? Who in the hell has time to generate TAD orders for someone To go ashore during that time? Sure, he will never be cured of his ailments BUT compensation would be gratitude by our government of taking care of OUR vets. I wish someone could explain to me the scientific reason why the child had to be from a female veteran.
Obviously it would have been a nurse who was never in the field, yet the child of a male veteran with all of the same Agent Orange conditions is not eligible. I just flew helicopters for two years. Files case in June Find a good attorney if y0u are in appeal process!! Make sure they do strictly va disability cases. They are the best. Just who in the hell does a so called disease expert has the federal autocratic authority over my body? I was denied AO and I will be damned to file again.
The VA has a better injury-kill ratio then the enemy had. My husband is also a vet that served in Thailand in 68 and 69 where a. She has been sick so much in her life time. I would also like to know how many other vets kids have these problems! My father did 2 tours in Vietnam, as a child I was allergic to milk, had weak bones, some of my teeth grew in backwards and some without enamel, I was extremely hyper active and was diagnosed as bi-polar manic depressive, and anti-social.
My dad was a veteran who served in Vietnam between those years, was exposed to Agent Orange, died of lung cancer on January 13th, , and never received a dime of compensation. DC, I understand my friend! So sorry about your Dad. Why does this have to be so hard? He ad nonhodgkins lymphomas and later leukemia. He was a navigator on a KC He said plane s in crisis dumped their loads of agent orange on the barracks where the crew stayed and the end of the runway.
He died Nov of leukemia. Is a short sketch of his life. My husband is battling Agent Orange complications, but the VA is very difficult to deal with regarding increasing his disability rating.
He has applied for more disability, but the red tape is horrendous. That being said, he has commented that he would like to donate his body to science to study the results of Agent Orange exposure he was doused in it during his hitch in Vietnam. Does anyone know how we would go about accomplishing his wish? Served in VN in the early 70s. I have read many accounts of Vets who dubmitted a claim for problems with their kidneys.
I am the only member of my family to have had kidney stones a period of over 30 years of occurences. Has the VA conducted any tests or surveys for the incidence of kidney stones? To the best of my knowledge all cases submitted to the VA have been denied. Strange to me that one of the main filters within the body would not have been affected by AO.
I was in the Navy from to and was in Vietnam up and down the rivers and qualify under agent orange. I was diagnosed with lung cancer May and filed for disability August 29, I receive a letter from the VA every two months stating they are processing my claim.
They just sent me a letter stating that they needed more information. I have a son born 1-yr after returning from Vietnam that has heart issues and reproductive issues. Does anyone have any ideas on what to do for him? Tim Discher. Served in Marine Corps, Vietnam. Have sleep apnea and PTSD looking for any research that links these two conditions, Would you be able to help?.
Thank You. Appreciate any info,. Can you tell me if any exploratory work is being studied on skin rashes that are giving a Veteran Buddy of mine a fit even to today? Why is Thailand not included in the exposure areas. I have had prostate cancer, type 2 diabetes etc. I am a Vietnam. While assigned there during the time frame listed I know other defoliants if not Agent Orange was used. I have had prostate problems since being assigned to Avon Park.
Thank you for this valuable information. I served in the USAF from Thank you. Once the VA has awarded you a percent of disability from Agent Orange can that can that percentage be increased? I have been in the VA system for several years. I have health issues secondary to, and as a result of my diabetes. One of the issues is bleeding varices in my esophagus.
I filed a claim for unemployability because of my limitations and they ignore it. I have been waiting three years for an answer to my appeal for the varices and for my liver damage and all I get is a stock answer from the VA.
They are doing nothing. Three years is disgraceful. I feel sorry for returning veterans these days because they are in for a shock when they try to get help. This is really Bull. I filed a claim, and the VA requested my service Medical records, which they never have received, i also requested the records. They are apparently conveniently lost.
My Doctor also sent records of my treatment for Diabetes II. It is a blame game, and nothing is happening. If I get my congressman involved, that will put a hold on everything while congress takes a year or two to get the same information I already have. That is that my claim is still in progress. It has only been 6 Months. He was compensation back in July , for ischemic heart desease, now diagnosed with diabetes type 2 and lung cancer. Does he need to be wheelchair bound? After years of being the one lifting luggage sat airports for hospital appointments from Saipan, Guam, and tripled in Hawaii, Las Vegas, Oregon, now Washington, my physical healt now shooting 55yrs of age, mental, physical and emotional Heath of my being is really taking a big toll on me.
Can you guide me to what direction to direct my concerns? My Husband Paul G. My story mostly same things to Emelia, My husband his Navy Vet. Year , Paul took his vacation that he never been use since he was joined in Military services. Even my parents, family, relatives. I was griefing and how I cooped to my husband conditions and to our situations with my 2 young daughters. Until now , we still not recover to what Happenens to my family, we still struggling and my husband conditions he still suffering.
Please President Obama. Lady Michelle Obama, help and rescue my family, especially my husband conditions, he was had 3 back surgeries before and L4 L5 for knees surgeries. Now he needs to get surgery again. Respectfully Yours, Susana G. My father died of heart failure caused by HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in October He served in Vietnam from drafted in My father was an Italian immigrant; not sure how my extended family in Italy passed.
I do know that my paternal grandfather died from liver failure; my paternal uncle passed from a brain aneurysm; my paternal grandmother died of congestive heart disease and other complications of being I Was ex pose to this agent orage but Im a post vet I Was bleding true my rectal and the urulogist told me to claim on Va the star to ad same thing on my live and star to claim but VA hospital dosent give a dam of the veterans here on puerto rico what I have to do go over the state.
He as advanced Parkinsons Disease. Could this be related to Agent Orange? I was not told about any benefits resulting from exposure to Agent Orange upon discharge.
Four years ago, I was enlightened by another Vietnam Vet that there are benefits available. At first, I thought the statute of limitations had run out on me, after all, it has been almost 40 years since I was exposed. My husband was in Pleiku, Vietnam He has Diabetes Type 2, was recently diagnosis with Prostrate Cancer 6 months ago. He has taken radiation treatments. We are waiting.
Good Luck to you. I am the proud daughter of a Vietnam Veteran. My dad served our country from to I applied for VA benefits for children born with birth defects and was denied.
Why is this? I get half my DNA from my dad. Any guidance as to why this is would be appreciated. Good day sir, I am curious could I have any effects to this by being there and digging in the dirt excavating I sometime have skin rash And not to far back I have had like 7- T.
I also served in Viet Nam. I notice all of the Cancers listed with a big exception…Colon Cancer. I would have to presume that because of this ommission, the VA does not believe that any of this Agent Orange got into any of the water ditches, rivers or rice paddys which we all waded through. Sometimes up to our arm pits. Seems funny that Prostrate Cancer is listed yet not Colon Cancer. If the water level was such that it reached one of these body areas, it was deep enough to reach the other.
Past time for this to be included. Colon Cancer kills just as effectively as any other Cancer. My husband served in Vietnam He passed away from a very aggressive cancer called Richter Syndrome, he had only weeks to live after his diagnosis in late Please file a claim with the VA if you are eligible to do so. Tomorrow is not a promise, only a gift.
Mt beloved Danny was s good man and was proud to have served even after all the negative response when he returned from war. My life has been forever changed because of Agent Orange. Blah blah blah. How about talking about Ft. McClellan the moat contaminated site in the United States. Nobody ever brings it up,but 60 minutes DoD a report on Ft.
Monsanto,and our crooked government knew about this,and never informed the military. Delayed care is denied care.
We are suffering,and dying,but nothing gets done to help us forgotten veterans. Mind you Google Ft. In addition to the massive environmental devastation of the U. In addition, Vietnam claims half a million children have been born with serious birth defects, while as many 2 million people are suffering from cancer or other illness caused by Agent Orange.
In , a group of Vietnamese citizens filed a class-action lawsuit against more than 30 chemical companies, including the same ones that settled with U. The suit, which sought billions of dollars worth of damages, claimed that Agent Orange and its poisonous effects left a legacy of health problems and that its use constituted a violation of international law.
Fred A. This would open the door to lawsuits that would cost the government billions of dollars. The extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam. Facts About Herbicides. Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange. Learn about Dioxin. Veterans and Agent Orange: Update National Academies Press. Spectre orange. The Guardian. VN Express International. Dioxins and their effects on human health.
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