WASHINGTON — From 1965 to 1970, an Air Force mission code-named "Operation Ranch Hand" sprayed around 12 million gallons of the toxic defoliant, Agent Orange, over 4.5 million acres in Vietnam.
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As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to expand eligibility for Agent Orange disability benefits to Vietnam-era veterans who served at 129 locations in the U.S. during specific time frames, as well ...
A bill passed by the House on Thursday that would expand benefits for post-9/11 veterans sickened by burn pits and other battlefield pollutants also would affect more than a half-million veterans ...
Feb. 12 (UPI) --A civilian U.S. military expert praises what he says is the United States making incremental progress in increasing veterans' access to healthcare. Patrick Murphy, the 32nd U.S. Army ...
When Congress created the PACT Act in 2022, it expanded the Department of Veterans Affairs health care and disability compensation available to Vietnam-era veterans who may have been exposed to the ...
Veterans stationed at Fort Ord in California said they were exposed to Agent Orange, leading to serious health conditions, including cancer. (Noah Berger/AP) Editor’s note: This story has been updated ...
As U.S. forces fought their way through Vietnam’s jungles, rice paddies and villages, enemy fire often pinned them down. That’s where the F-4 came in. The interceptor fighter-bombers often plowed the ...
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