re: Agent Orange in Vietnam

Incredibly sad. My uncle had minor exposure and is in relatively good health, fortunately. That shite was not only straight poison, but an incredibly inhumane weapon. I can’t imagine burning to death with Agent Orange afire on every square inch of my body.

Jon Stewart, who worked hard to get Congress to pass the burn pit exposure VA benefit recently, is now working on compensation for other types of exposures, including AO.

Yes; my uncle. He was a Sargent in the Marines. A brave man that saw the worst of Vietnam. He died of cancer. We were told it was related to exposure to Agent Orange.

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Those guys suffered the rest of their lives for nothing.

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My uncle was a marine in Vietnam. While he hasn't shown any effects of agent orange, he did contract malaria. He dealt with all the terrible effects of that for years.

And that's not to mention the mental scars. He's still fighting the Vietnam War today and will until the day he dies.

Yes.
I worked with a man who had been a helicopter mechanic in Vietnam and had loaded drums of agent orange frequently which often leaked on him. He also cleaned the residue from the aircraft very often.
He had all sorts of odd skin problems and suffered greatly.
I think that he get a bit of a VA recognition and some sort of disability, but it was little and very late for him.
He deteriorated badly before finally dying.
His employer worked hard to take care of him and his widow.

agent orange is bad no issue....


but the jungle vegetation in that part of the world is dense dense. many times worse than a Louisiana swamp. and they got leaches that leap from plants to you skin. Nasty, nasty place. totally no win situation

sad

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y dad was 101st airborne. He was near DMZ zone. He would wake up screaming and hollering all hours of the night. Nightmares I guess. He wouldn’t talk about it at all.

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My Dad was 101 airborne as well in Vietnam who was drafted. Recently made the trip home to La. for a visit. I had always seen the photos he had in a scrap book with him and his grenade laucher in the jungle with his platoon and south Vietnam soldiers. He never talked about it though . He is in his early 70's now and opened up a bit when i was back home with some of the stories. Those guys in the jungled endured a lot for sure and were handed some BS when they got home. Was nice to hear him actually getting some of the stories out. As far as the agent Orange guess dad was lucky on that front.

Shadyone2

You must be new to the OT because you don’t challenge to meet just anywhere to kick someone’s arse. You must challenge them to scrape knuckles at Sonic baw.

FYI I agree with you

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came home with this contamination residing in their bodies that would one day cause a lot of bad problems.

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And many didn’t get jack shite after returning home besides inadequate healthcare.

Unlike today, where there is a culture of disability after discharge. Oh my back, my knee, my neck-firms that help these scum get more disability when nothing is wrong. Not to mention the cushy govt job that’s also handed to them. It’s disgusting.

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He died at 64

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My oldest brother was in 1st Force Recon RVN 69-70’
He and his unit were exposed to AO
Had issues later in life.
He died of renal failure 1 year after retiring, days after his 64th birthday.