tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859114155388926489.post2144344189072307935..comments2023-10-23T03:46:29.785-07:00Comments on Agent Orange Zone: The Agent Orange Horror And The U.S.AgentOrangeZonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066626299114107485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1859114155388926489.post-60706486590566175022010-01-17T11:52:07.813-08:002010-01-17T11:52:07.813-08:00As Fred Wilcox, the author of "Waiting For An...As Fred Wilcox, the author of "Waiting For An Army to Die, The Tragedy of Agent Orange" wrote many years ago...<br />"Unless you spent your tour sitting in a bar in Saigon, drinking only bottled water, you were exposed to Agent Orange."<br />Because of the amount that was sprayed, and how many different areas in Nam were sprayed, AO can be found in all of the air, water, and earth of the entire country. It has been proven over and over and over again. No need to worry, if you were there, you were exposed.<br />When we first started out in all of this back in 1979, the VA sent out questionaires to verify exposure...what areas you were in, how long in each area, how you were exposed, etc. Nauseating stuff when we all wanted answers as to why our little girl only had half of her brain. (Her story is Chapter 4, The Maimed Generation, of Fred's book.)<br />When the VA finally started compensating veterans for herbicide exposure in Nam years later, they no longer asked for any proof of exposure other than a DD-214 stating that you served within the boundaries of the country. Period.<br />Somewhere we still have a huge book of the actual spray maps of Vietnam. Just no longer necessary.<br /><br />Jerry and Shirley Strait<br />www.shirleystrait.8k.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com