C-123 Providers from the 12th Special Operations Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Base spray defoliant over the jungle in South Vietnam. This Squardon began spraying in 1962. (Ref: Mission Vietnam, Seventh Air Force, USAF)
Agent Orange and Diabetes
March 29, 2000 interview
Agent Orange Talking Paper #1 by Gary D. Moore
Agent Orange/Prostate Cancer Good page on AO and Prostate Cancer
Agent Used Outside of Vietnam (locations of herbicide use other than Vietnam)
Australian Vietnam Veterans Health/Morbidity Study
Australian Veterans Web Site Worth looking at
Care and Feeding of Your Lawn without Chemicals by Gary D. Moore... a practical approach to lawn care
Home
Michigan Agent Orange Commission
National Academy of Science 1996 Cancer List
National Academy of Science 1998 Report
Notes on Herbicides Used During the Vietnam War by Gary D. Moore
Ranch Hand Spray Amounts (One Column) from USAF Herb Tapes List
Ranch Hand Spray Amounts (Two Column) from USAF Herb Tapes List
Reading List (Links)
US Military Bases with Chemical Exposures
Veteran Information & Events Calendar
Web Sites (Links) of Interest
As a member of the Michigan Agent Orange Commission from January 1990, and the Michigan Agent Orange Commission chairman for over five years... I have collected a vast amount information on herbicides (AO/dioxin)... heard too many grim and sad stories about the ill effects about herbicide (AO/dioxin) exposure... been at too many funerals, and have contended with various idiots (and liars) who say that herbicides (Agent Orange and other agents) are not harmful. My conclusion... it must have been toilet paper.
My involvement in the AO/dioxin issue is not argumentative, rather, educational. The more information that is available in a language that all people can understand (not just for scientists), the better off we are. Therefore, any intelligent person can make up their own mind regarding the hazardous effects of these toxic chemicals.
Please understand that dioxin (TCDD) is still present as a contaminant in many products that are sold in stores today... although not in the concentration found in herbicides used during the Vietnam War. However, continued exposure to these chemicals (and similar ones) increase the body burden of toxins.
From a personal view, I firmly believe that we will all stand before God one day. He will judge righteously. The liars and cheats will no longer be able to misrepresent, or deny the truth... that dioxin is, perhaps, the most deadly chemical that man concocted. I sincerely regret that we may have to wait that long for true justice.
Note: Governor John Engler signed an Executive Order (No. 1997-4) to abolish the Michigan Agent Orange Commission in March 1997. This is not necessarily a bad thing. However, the manner in which this was done does not set well with veterans. The AO and the POW/MIA issue remain from the Vietnam War.
These "links" are presented to educate. If you wish to help in the education process, please feel free to distribute this information. If you have doubts as to the detrimental effects of various herbicides used during the Vietnam War, you are encouraged to contact the survivors of cancers... widows of husbands who witnessed very painful death... and, the children deprived of many things that we, as veterans, believed in... freedom, liberty, justice, the pursuit of happiness... the American dream.
Agent Orange/Prostate Cancer Good page on AO and Prostate Cancer
The American Legion
Arlington National Cemetery Web Site
Association Birth Defects Children this is an organization that is NOT veteran, yet supports us... please support ABDC!
Austrialian Vietnam Veteran (Gary McMahon) It's his reflection on Agent Orange, PTSD, etc.
Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Lots of information if you want to dig
Eligibilty for Burial in a VA National Cemetery
Heavy Bombers Interesting site... check it out
Moving Wall, The The Traveling Half-Scale Replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
National Academy of Science - Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1996 List of AO cancers.
New Jersey Agent Orange Commission Updates on the NJAOC
The Retired Officers Association A great organization for retired military officers
Son of a Vietnam Veteran A tribute to his father (and all Vietnam Vets) by a son, Lou Plummer
Sixties Journal Issues On-Line
State of Michigan (Gov't) Home Page
US Army Home Page
Veteran News & Information Service
Vietnam Veterans of America (National)
Women (In-Country)] In-Country Women Website - Learn about the Women Who Served in Vietnam
Links List - Other sites to visit
