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Vietnam Veterans
Agent Orange: Its affects in the Vietnam War and After
The Vietnam War, or also referred to as The Second Indochina War, started on September 26, 1959 and lasted until April 30, 1975. The war was between the communist North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam, taking place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. In 1959, two US military advisors were killed by Viet Minh guerillas in South Vietnam, and were the first American deaths in the Second Indochina War, starting what we know today as the Vietnam War. The US entered this war along with other anti-communist nations supporting the South Vietnam government to help prevent the takeover of South Vietnam. The 16 year cold war killed over 58,000 Americans with over 153,000 wounded, leaving an estimated 1800 still unaccounted for today.
Various war weapons were used in the Vietnam including herbicides. These herbicides were developed for the military to help reduce plant and vegetation in dense terrains, bringing the enemy out of hiding and protecting the American troops and their allies from ambush. They were also used to destroy any food crops that the Viet Cong relied on to feed their army of soldiers. Statistics show that over 20 million gallons were sprayed with 15 different herbicides, some being color coded arriving in barrels, and all supposedly with no harmful effects to humans. The spray was released from airplanes, helicopters, trucks, and soldiers carrying backpack sprayers. Little did anyone know at this time, that more tragic history surrounding the Vietnam war was about to unfold, and the name of the devil was Agent Orange.
Agent Orange was a code name for the barrel with the orange colored steel band. Chemically, it is a 50/50 mixture of two different herbicides, 2, 4-D, and 2, 4, 5-T, and 11 million gallons of this toxic defoliant was used between 1965 through 1970. Over 6,000 missions, with 10% being over Vietnam, were sprayed with Agent Orange, and some in Cambodia and Laos to utilize the Ho Chi Minh Trail, which was a key supply route for the Viet Cong. Agent Orange killed vegetation of all types including the root systems, leaving barren trees and undergrowth blackened and foul smelling.
One of the components of Agent Orange was a chemical called Dioxin, which today is considered to be one of the most dangerous substances in the world. Dioxin is also known as TCDD, which caused a variety of adverse health effects in lab animals, and has been linked to numerous potentially dangerous and deadly health problems. The World Health Organization has since classified the chemical Dioxin as a known human carcinogen which can damage sensitive parts of the body like the endoctrine, immune, and nervous systems.
Many Americans still continue to suffer from different health problems due to Agent Orange and Dioxin with some being passed on down to their children with various complications. In 1978 the Veterans Administration set up a program to help veterans with their needs from being exposed to Agent Orange. Some of the effects from this devastating chemical are as follows:
Skin irritation and some skin diseases like Chloracne
Nerve disorders including peripheral neuropathy
Type 2 diabetes
Miscarriages in women
Birth defects, some physical deformaties and Spina Befida
Neurological disorders
Cancers
Lawsuits have been filed accusing the chemical companies of war crimes because they sold Agent Orange to the military and companies such as Monsanto, Hercules, Dow, and Diamond Shamrock knew about the dangers of the herbicide but did not reveal them. In 1984 a huge class-action lawsuit was settled in the U.S. courts, with seven U.S. companies agreeing to pay a total of 180 million dollars to 291,000 people, with most of them being Vietnam war veterans. The final settlement which included interest was around 240 million dollars. The tragedy surrounding Agent Orange with Dioxin still goes on today.
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How did the Vietnam War impact Vietnam Australian veterans and their families?
I am doing a History assignment on the impact of the Vietnam War on Australian veterans and their families. If anyone has some information about it or even personal experiences I would love to find out. My assignment is initially on the Australian veterans but if you have info on American soldiers that is fine too 
My dad was 20, living in Melbourne and in 1966, his birth date was called out on TV. This meant that that he, along with others, would have to report to an army office to be conscripted, in order to protect Australia “from the communists” in Vietnam. He was engaged to my 17 year old mother at the time. Dad had been successfully running his own building business , since he was 17. As he later commented, he went willingly, in the “spirit of the Anzac tradition” and did what he was asked to do – “my birth date was pulled out of a box on TV".
He did his required deployment, but stayed on, and ended up staying for a total of 10 years. During this time, he also married my mother and they had my older brother. Due to his absences, mum did most of the child-raising. When dad eventually quit the army, he resumed his previous vocation as a self-employed builder, with success.
I ponder how my mother coped with a husband who was in Vietnam and a small child, all the while watching the news coverage of the war on tv (it was, the first 'televised' war).
There were certain things that my siblings and I had to accept as kids, without really knowing why. For example, on New Years Eve, unlike all the other families I knew, we were never allowed to sit and watch the fireworks over Sydney Harbour Bridge, because Dad hated the sound of the fireworks. He also used to break out in a cold sweat at the sound of a chopper. Mum used to say, it was because he "spent too much time in the jungles in Vietnam".
It wasn't until I was about 17, whilst watching a report on 60 Minutes, that I realized he showed some signs of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), although he would never admit or acknowledge it.
In the 1970’s, due to the unpopularity of the Vietnam War, people treated returned Vets badly and dad, along with many other Vets, felt alienated. I recall once being in a pub, when I was very little. It was after we’d watched the parade on Anzac Day and Dad was chatting to an old guy, who jokingly made a comment, (he was a WW2 Vet); "Oh well, at least we won OUR bloody war, not like you blokes!" Dad biffed him, right then and there!
In October, 1987, the Vietnam Veterans proudly marched through the streets in Australia and the country opened its heart and welcomed them back in. People lined the streets, waving and cheering. It was a wonderful day of acknowledgment.
Dad made lifelong friends in Vietnam, some of whom he kept in touch with, right up until his death four years ago, including some American friends he'd made whilst deployed. He told me that they had introduced him "to all good music; R 'n' B, soul, bloody good stuff".
I can remember as a child, seeing the letters arrive in the post, bearing exotic stamps, postmarked USA, from the families of blokes whom he'd met whilst in Vietnam. Sometimes, a letter would arrive or he'd get a call from a family member and the news wasn't good, like the time one of his old mates had committed suicide.
After dad retired from his building career, 6 years ago, I bought him a computer, and he was thrilled to bits at being able to contact some of his old mates!
He was in the process of planning a return trip to Vietnam, of which my brother and myself were to have accompanied him, when he received news that he had lymph cancer. He was also planning to go to the USA, to catch up with some old mates. He passed away 4 years ago, on 17th August.
When I hear the sounds of Otis Redding, or Jimi Hendrix, or the Easybeats, I think of dad. I think about the trip he never made back to Vietnam and of the trip he never made to the USA. I also think about all of the sacrifices he made for this country, as a 20 year old.
In the end, it wasn't "charlie" that took his life, it was 'jack the dancer'.
RIP
Vietnam Veterans receive the homecoming they never had.