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re: Agent Orange in Vietnam
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:09 am to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:09 am to SaintlyTiger88
Yep.............my older brother
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Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:12 am to ole man
Any good law firms in Louisiana to help with agent orange claims ?
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 9:13 am
Posted on 8/18/24 at 9:34 am to SaintlyTiger88
My best friend, now 76, was a combat medic in VN. He was exposed to AO. So far he has had severe skin problems on his arms, melanoma, colon cancer, and a rare cancer on his scalp that required removal of about 70% of scalp and radiation treatment. He’s still kicking but he’s in very bad health.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:04 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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don’t know anyone impacted by Agent Orange in Vietnam, but I did personally know someone in the Army who got brain cancer (and eventually died from it) after being stationed at Karshi-Khanabad, known as K2, in Uzbekistan during the early days of the war in Afghanistan. K2 is an old Soviet based that was leased by the U.S. because of its proximity to Al Qaeda targets in northern Afghanistan. The thing is, the base was contaminated from chemical weapons remnants and processed uranium. There was a black goo that would actually ooze from the ground in and around parts of the base. A bunch of servicemen who were stationed there wound up with various forms of cancer. It took a long time for the government to provide benefits to cover their medical expenses related to their cancers. I don’t think the U.S. government has ever fully acknowledged that K2 was the cause of their cancers.
the VA finally listed K2 as a public health exposure site for presumptive conditions
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these stories in the thread are heartbreaking. God bless all vietnam vets and frick our government for not giving a frick about them
Posted on 8/18/24 at 12:08 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Dad finally got 100% last year. He’s been fighting with the VA for 2 decades. Cancer, heart, and everything under the sun. Absolutely insane.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 4:58 pm to diat150
No clue
Posted on 8/18/24 at 6:56 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Had 2 Uncles die from exposure to it and both received 100% but both died way to young.
RIP Uncs
I still miss you both 30 and 32yrs later
RIP Uncs
I still miss you both 30 and 32yrs later
Posted on 8/18/24 at 7:47 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I’m pretty positive it had an effect on my dad. He had pulmonary fibrosis the last 20 years of his life. Doctors said they couldn’t pinpoint a cause. Had a double lung transplant and eventually died due to rejection. I definitely think agent orange had something to do with it. Unfortunately Dad never submitted for VA benefits so he never got anything for it.
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 8/18/24 at 7:52 pm to olegreg
We are still fighting them for 12 years now. Dad passed 2 1/2 years ago and my mom is still fighting them. Long process. My dad had just about everything. Sad really.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:12 pm to SaintlyTiger88
It was used all over SEA. Guam has a very high cancer rate. It was used all over these bases to clear the jungle.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:18 pm to TheFonz
Have 2 good friends here that have been compensated due to exposure. I was lucky that I was in towards the end of Vietnam and I wasn't exposed.
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:26 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My Daddy is a USMC Vietnam vet with 100% disability agent orange.
My dad was very blessed bc his time in jungle was cut short when some officer found out he graduated from St Joseph. They had been looking for a man who could type 80wpm using business English professional correspondence. He still tells everyone how he types over 90wpm
He spent the rest of his time typing for all the brass in Da Nang.
ETA…. Apparently it was next to impossible to find a Marine who could not only type that fast but knew how to do all the type spacing. Only Catholic school students were taught this back then.
My dad was very blessed bc his time in jungle was cut short when some officer found out he graduated from St Joseph. They had been looking for a man who could type 80wpm using business English professional correspondence. He still tells everyone how he types over 90wpm
He spent the rest of his time typing for all the brass in Da Nang.
ETA…. Apparently it was next to impossible to find a Marine who could not only type that fast but knew how to do all the type spacing. Only Catholic school students were taught this back then.
This post was edited on 8/18/24 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 8/18/24 at 8:37 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I have talked to vets about it, when it was sprayed, they were walking and said you could hear the leaves sizzling and drying up.
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