Article: Kerry and Agent Orange; Mists of time: Agent Orange doused the Mekong Delta in the late 1960s. Lieutenant John F. Kerry was there. How his men have coped--and how Kerry feels about his brush with a deadly toxin.

Publisher correction: March 24, 2004

In "Kerry & Agent Orange" (March 8) a caption accompanying a photo incorrectly identified a boat patrolling the Mekong Delta. The vessel is an assault-support patrol boat, not a Swift Boat. Also, in "A Poison's Legacy," a sidebar within the same article, we stated that Agent Orange is a "variation of" dioxin. In fact, dioxin is an unintended byproduct of two chemicals used to make the herbicide. ______________________________

Byline: Jamie Reno, Michael Isikoff and Evan Thomas, With T. Trent Gegax

The swift boats, like the one John Kerry captained, were sitting ducks. Hiding in the dense jungle along the ...

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