(11 am. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
An Agent Orange activist calls on the first lady to help dioxin victims in Vietnam.
Vietnamese victims of the defoliant Agent Orange play at a social sponsorship center in Da Nang City June 26, 2009. US warplanes dropped about 18 million gallons of the defoliant on southern Vietnam for most of the 1960s.
The following is a letter sent to Michelle Obama by Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Association Len Aldis, who has worked for years to spread awareness of Agent Orange victims’ plight.
August 2 marks the beginning of Orange Week, a government program to create Agent Orange awareness through various programs nationwide. Orange Week ends on August 10, 48 years to the day since the US military begin spraying the defoliant on Vietnam.
Dear Michelle Obama,
“AGENT ORANGE: 30 YEARS LATER” is a drama-documentary about the victims of Agent Orange 30 years after the Viet Nam War.
The goal of this documentary is to make the viewers aware of the impact of dioxin on the environment and the people. The film also underscores the need for compassion and heightens a sense of responsibility for our actions towards each other as stewards of the planet without regard for political differences…..>>>>>Much More Here
I put this together when the Vietnamesse Reps were attempting to get the U.S. Courts to rule on Compensation for Defoliant Victims that still plague that country today.
The Vietnamese government says this has left more than 3
million people disabled.
Please Visit The Following Links
Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign
The Thanh Xuan Peace Village in Vietnam
Agent orange girl determined to overcome her destiny
Vietnamese Delegation in U.S. to Sue Chemical Companies for Ongoing
Effects of Agent Orange
Justice for Victims of Agent Orange
‘Nam Vets Again Press VA on Agent Orange
Armed with the latest study from the Institute of Medicine, Vietnam Veterans of America is petitioning Veterans Administration Secretary Eric Shinseki to add three illnesses — including high blood pressure — to the long list of deadly or debilitating ailments that have been linked to Agent Orange exposure.
The outreach is the latest in a long fight between some Vietnam veterans’ organizations and the U.S. government to connect a wider range of ailments to the chemical defoliant used throughout the conflict to strip away the enemy’s jungle sanctuaries………….
39 years later, Australia finds last Vietnam War missing
The officer in charge of Operation Magpies Return, wing commander Michael Warby (L), assisted by Vietnamese workers, sieves soil at the crash site.An Australian search team has found the remains of the country’s last two missing Vietnam War servicemen, 39 years after their aircraft crashed into a thick jungle, officials said Thursday…………
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…if any, response comes from the letter.
Thanks js.
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Summit tackles issues surrounding returning vets
This is the type of News, from Alaska, we should follow!!
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This from “Playing for Change – Peace Through Music”
At Global Research.
Sadly interesting article, relates not only to Nam, but to the aftermaths of our many mistaken, misinformed excursions/incursions.