Agent Orange

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and through out parts of Thailand from 1964-65. The primary service responsible for the application of Agent Orange was the U.S. Air Force.
Project "Hades" eventually became Operation “Ranchhand”, Who’s motto became "Only we can prevent forests". From 1962 through 1964, tests were made by our military forces spraying Agents Orange, White, and Blue. In 1965, “Ranchhand” had sprayed almost 19 million gallons of Agent Orange dioxin on the vegetation and the unfortunate people below. However, the total amount will never be known, as the Army, Navy, and Marines also sprayed untold quantities of these poisonous chemicals. The results were that the vegetation was indeed devastated, but, at the same time, serious illness, death, and destruction were brought to the bodies of those unknowing members of our own fighting forces, those of other nations, and the civilian populace of Vietnam. It is now known that the dioxin not only saturated the people that were unfortunate enough to be sprayed, but also found its way into the water system and on...