Feb. 17, 2025 Nearly 40 years after she was born with a malformed spine and misshapen limbs — most likely because her father was exposed to Agent Orange, the toxic chemical that the American ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Dozens of people gather at LZ Peace Memorial to honor seven Vietnam veterans who suffered the effects of a chemical weapon. Agent Orange is a chemical that was sprayed over ...

In a cruel, ironic twist, some speculate the process of digging up the mines exposes leftover deposits of Agent Orange, a deadly toxic chemical, which U.S. forces used to defoliate trees during ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) maintains a list of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships associated with military service in Vietnam and possible exposure to Agent Orange based on military records.

A plane spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam The Americans used chemical weapons Napalm (jellied petrol) and Agent Orange (superior strength weed killer). This was used to clear foliage in the ...

Two Vietnamese women have filed lawsuits seeking justice for the American use of Agent Orange and atrocities committed by Korean soldiers. The government only endorses one of them. Efforts at ...

In 1991, Congress passed the Agent Orange Act, which requires the VA to assume all veterans who “served in the Republic of Vietnam” from 1962 to 1975 were exposed to Agent Orange. A few months later, ...