Originally Posted by armlesscadet

it was the hippy time so most of them were probably on crack or something

With the hippies it would have been marajuana not crack - that came later.

lol u know what i meant...they were on drugs that better

yeah agent orange is no good. my Dad got hodgkins disease from it which turned into cancer twice. he beat it the first time but not the second.

im sorry for your loss and ya it was worthless and to destructive by far

Here is another site to visit:
http://www.legion.org/?section=veter...ent=vt_vietnam

TT22
The site you listed would have you believe that ANY Vietnam veteran GI who applies for medical benefits will have a presumed exposure to Agent Orange and everything will turn out OK ... I hate to turn over your apple cart on this one ... but ... tain't so. One of the battles that is still being waged between veterans and the establishment is trying to get medical coverage for illnesses that can be laid at the alter of the defoliant, Agent Orange. The medical community (in the guise of Uncle Sam) still drags their feet and try NOT to pay out benefits to veterans who suffer from the thousand and one ailments caused by Agent Orange. I wish it weren't so ... but ...

It is a little better now ... ... there is still a long way to go.

Originally Posted by Chief Bones

TT22
The site you listed would have you believe that ANY Vietnam veteran GI who applies for medical benefits will have a presumed exposure to Agent Orange and everything will turn out OK ... I hate to turn over your apple cart on this one ... but ... tain't so. One of the battles that is still being waged between veterans and the establishment is trying to get medical coverage for illnesses that can be laid at the alter of the defoliant, Agent Orange. The medical community (in the guise of Uncle Sam) still drags their feet and try NOT to pay out benefits to veterans who suffer from the thousand and one ailments caused by Agent Orange. I wish it weren't so ... but ...

It is a little better now ... ... there is still a long way to go.

I agree. You misunderstand the purpose of my post. Please see my PM.

Originally Posted by tomtom22

I agree. You misunderstand the purpose of my post. Please see my PM.

I definitely understood your purpose ... I hope you understood what I was saying. Many of my friends still have to fight the VA and a thousand and one alphabet soup agencies trying to get the coverage for illnesses that they believe were caused by their exposure to Agent Orange ... some have succeeded but some are STILL fighting the fight while time works against them.

Our memories are still as fresh as the day we lived in a nightmare world while at the same time, there are so many people living today that have no idea what we were exposed to so many years ago.

I realise that it is a little easier today to submit the necessary paperwork and have the necessary investigations into your records carried out ... but ... the fact remains that Uncle Sam still has a long way to go responding to warriors who (through no fault of their own) are still suffering the aftereffects of a war so many people were dead set against.

Oh, so you mean the Agent Orange has affected the US troops too?

Originally Posted by zander_0633

Oh, so you mean the Agent Orange has affected the US troops too?

YES!
Have you missed the point of this thread?
You must have with the above statement.

NOTE:
Almost immediately after return from Vietnam, GIs who had been exposed to Agent Orange began to suffer unexplained illnesses. The VA and the thousand and one alphabet agencies began to deny any claim to a 'battle field' induced medical problem.


It has gotten a little better ... but .. veterans of Vietnam to this day still have an uphill fight to get their benefits for medical problems caused by Agent Orange

Do me a favor Zander, use the internet search engine and look up "Agent Orange".
I am absolutely positive that it will open your eyes.