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Article: Agent Orange: legacy of disability.(Veterans' health aspects of exposure to Agent Orange during Vietnam War)
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- DAV Magazine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Soldiers who served in Vietnam tell of the red liquid dripping from jungle leaves they brushed by while on patrol. Sometimes their uniforms would be soaked with the stuff. Today, the reddish-brown liquid known as Agent Orange used to defoliate trees and remove jungle cover from the enemy in Vietnam is responsible for a wide range of illnesses, causing disability and death to thousands of veterans.
"An estimated 21 million gallons of Agent Orange and other herbicides were sprayed Over South Vietnam and Cambodia between January 1965 and April 1970," said National Service Director Randy Reese. "The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that 2.6 million U.S. ...