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February 19th, 2006
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| duke of milforum slayer  | Post; Agent OrangeOk I have to do this project for english and I decided to do a report on Agent Orange so if anybody wants to share any information over it to help me out on my english report I will be greatly appreciated. |
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February 19th, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii  |
__________________  si deum nobiscum, quis contra? AS LONG AS DIXIE STILL EXISTS,THIS COUNTRY WILL NEVER FALL |
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February 19th, 2006
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| Nuclear Duck Hunter  | Quote:
http://www1.va.gov/agentorange/page.cfm?pg=2 Agent Orange was a herbicide, or defoliant, which was used in Vietnam to kill unwanted plant life and to remove leaves from trees which otherwise provided cover for the enemy. Agent Orange was a mixture of chemicals containing equal amounts of the two active ingredients, 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T. The name, "Agent Orange," came from the orange stripe on the 55-gallon drums in which it was stored. There's a lot of good, understandable info on all the agents used in different wars on the website.
__________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill | |
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February 20th, 2006
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| duke of milforum slayer | Thank you for the information on it. |
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February 20th, 2006
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| Chief Engineer |
__________________ "It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarskopf, Commander of Desert Storm Operations  |
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February 20th, 2006
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| duke of milforum slayer | thank you to tom |
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February 20th, 2006
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| Forums Grumpy Old Man | If you want to do your report from the political angle, there are many sites which can be found on the internet. To get a balanced view of this issue make sure that you visit as many "veteran" sites as government sites. Many of the problems surrounding agent orange have NOT been addressed by the government even after all these years. Many of my fellow warriors who were exposed to this poison are still suffering effects which the governments in their "wisdom" deny. Have fun in your research - it was a different time - but - some of the same old BS is still being tossed around in Washington DC as a result of exposure to some kind of agent during recent operations.
__________________ Fair winds and following seas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >  < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < and long may your big jib draw. -W.R.B. (Chief Bones) FCC(SW) USN(RET)- |
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February 20th, 2006
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| duke of milforum slayer | Ya my grandfather served in 'Nam and he died about 2 years ago and Agent Orange was one of the reasons he died. That is sorta one of the reasons I want to do this project that way all of the other vets from 'Nam can get the truth out to the public which all of it hasnt like almost everything in this world. So I want the public to know about it and I guess this is just a start of educating the rest of the world about it.
__________________  C/1stSgt AFJROTC Death smiles at us all. The US Marine smiles back |
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February 21st, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | It was a stupid idea. Defoliate jungle? Who in the state department didn't get that that's supposed to be a joke? |
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February 21st, 2006
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| duke of milforum slayer | it was the hippy time so most of them were probably on crack or something |
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