Comments on: The Vietnam War – The Agent Orange Controversy https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-the-agent-orange-controversy/ Intelligent Thrillers Wed, 13 Feb 2019 01:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: R Lawson https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-the-agent-orange-controversy/#comment-3622 Wed, 13 Feb 2019 01:48:00 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=770#comment-3622 In reply to Joe Andrews.

Joe- Thank you for your comments, My blog on Agent Orange required research which was not definitive. Therefore, President Bush liberalized the criteria for claims to lay the issue to rest. The “Blue Water” claim may be a stretch. The “Ranch Hand” study was the only statistically valid study I found. I hope you get a chance to read RECALL.

]]> By: Joe Andrews https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-the-agent-orange-controversy/#comment-3544 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:39:20 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=770#comment-3544 It is refreshing to read factual, non-political information about Vietnam. I was an infantryman (11B10) with A Co., 1/506 Abn Inf, 101st Abn Div,, 69-70. I served in I Corps and we sometimes drank from streams and standing water. I am 70% SC for multiple fragment wounds (mortar), PTSD, and Type II diabetes (AO/presumptive).
I am curious about the recent claims of “blue water” Navy vets re: Agent Orange exposure. I’m familiar with the USAF “Operation Ranch hand” operation but some Navy vets are saying they were involved with loading AO on naval aircraft spraying AO in Vietnam. Was the Navy involved with AO spraying? Claims of exposure through contaminated water desalinated 100 miles off the coast sound bogus to me, though. Thank you for addressing Vietnam issues in such a professional manner!

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