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keithbvadu2

(40,087 posts) Sat Nov 2, 2024, 08:19 PM Nov 2

Agent orange ... No protection whatsoever

Agent orange ... No protection whatsoever...

They are in their 70s and 80s now.

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Agent orange ... No protection whatsoever (Original Post) keithbvadu2 Nov 2 OP

My BiL, he's in assisted living now. He was in the Tet offensive, too ms liberty Nov 2 #1

My Dad was in the 68 Tet, a decorated combat vet gay texan Nov 2 #2

My husband's uncle was in Udorn Thailand for several months Ilsa Nov 2 #3

My dad was stationed at Long Binh, 1968-1969. Aristus Nov 2 #4

I played a concert at Johnston Atoll about 40 years ago. LudwigPastorius Nov 3 #5

ms liberty

(9,825 posts)

1. My BiL, he's in assisted living now. He was in the Tet offensive, too

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2024, 08:21 PM

Nov 2

gay texan

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2. My Dad was in the 68 Tet, a decorated combat vet

Reply to ms liberty (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 2, 2024, 08:25 PM

Nov 2

He's dying from Agent Orange in a memory care center. He is a fragment of a man. Fuck Kissenger, Fuck McNamara, Fuck Johnson, and Fuck Nixon

Ilsa

(62,231 posts)

3. My husband's uncle was in Udorn Thailand for several months

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2024, 08:35 PM

Nov 2

when Agent Orange was used. His VA contact is reviewing his case for additional disability help. He's only in his 70s, perhaps 75-78. He has hearing loss and severe vertigo. No indication of cancer, so far, thank goodness.

Aristus

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4. My dad was stationed at Long Binh, 1968-1969.

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Sat Nov 2, 2024, 09:49 PM

Nov 2

He died of pancreatic cancer in 2009. I often wonder if he was exposed to Agent Orange, and if it was a causative factor in his death.

LudwigPastorius

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5. I played a concert at Johnston Atoll about 40 years ago.

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Original post)

Sun Nov 3, 2024, 01:44 AM

Nov 3

That's where all the Agent Orange ended up after Vietnam...millions of gallons, a lot of it leaking out of metal drums.

We were issued gas masks and atropine injectors when we landed. They told us, if you hear a certain alarm siren go off, immediately put your gas mask on and hit yourself in the thigh with the syringe.

I don't know if that was for the Agent Orange, Sarin, or VX that was stored there. Oh, and half the island was contaminated with plutonium from three failed nuclear tests in 1962.

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