Greetings from Texas. My father was in Vietnam ‘68-‘69. Agent Orange exposure. Had to have a hemicolectomy in his 60’s, and developed the Parkinson’s, with first symptoms at age 69. He’s 79 now. Angers me that Monsanto KNEW how dangerous it was. There was a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast a couple of year ago. Can’t recall the guests name. But, I remember him saying that upwards of 85% of the workers at Monsanto got cancer BEFORE that crap even went to Vietnam. Watching my father’s decline makes me angry at draft dodgers like Dick Cheney. He took 5 draft deferment but had ZERO problems sending other peoples children to get killed and maimed.
They should have never use Agent Orange in Vietnam many have came home and died of that, my late co worker told me he was living with cancer from Agent Orange and he had to keep going to the doctor for check ups, my late brother served in Vietnam from 1966-1968 he was telling me about Agent Orange but he was not exposed to it he died in 1987 from Aids, God bless the families of our fallen soldiers.
My father served a tour in 1969 as a gunner for 161 Battery Nui Dat, we lost him at the age of 46 to cancer and he is buried at TeTeko. I was born with a hernia and 2 of my sons are Autistic. My brothers son was born with a hole in the heart and died at 12 years old from his heart condition.
As a navy hospital corpsman I hated being stationed in Vietnam; but loved, respected; and planted many battle dressings on the brave Marines I tended to during battles. I prayed everyday for God to spare my life and for whatever reason he did. I am thankful I never killed anyone in the field; but witnessed the horrors of war. And so I can honestly say : Wars between nations is not the answer; only peace. Today the world is divide in two between Totalitarian Countries and Democratic Countries wanting to rule the world. May the best side win. Or why don’t we all just learn to live together in this one home of ours🌎 ❤️
Our mightiest WARRIORS AND WONDERFUL NEWZEALANDERS who trained ,motivated and guided many thousands of young infantry soldiers who have respect and huge admiration for these men .My honour knights of many are Olly Taukamo,John MONK,Marty COPE Greg Hill,George Kerama,zjoe Berridge Sam Christie ,Ben Morunga .
My 1st husband did 2 tours ‘67-‘69 in Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam. He was just diagnosed with Parkinson’s caused by Agent Orange😡 My 2nd husband, Mekong Delta ‘66-‘67, has skin issues and has to have a hip replacement as a result of combat related injury. That war came home with our boys and is killing them😔
Lost my dad to a very rare cancer of the esophagus. He was highly exposed to dioxin. All of his children and grandchildren are suffering from multiple medical ailments.
My grandfather on my mother side was a green beret during the vietnam war he got injured when a mortar landed near him he survived his injuries but in the year 2000 he passed away from leukemia due to agent orange exposure rip Grandpa Julio from October 28th 1942 to September 22nd 2000
My son died from soft tissue sarcoma cancer. I was in the jungle 12 months. We had it sprayed directly on Us. I applied for compensation for My 36 year old Son death. They sent Me such confusing paper work, I threw it in the trash.
My deepest heartfelt prayers and thoughts are with all VETERANS OF VIETNAM AND THERE FAMILIES. " AM DEVISTATED THAT THE AUSTRALIAN 🇦🇺 GOVERNMENT GIVE MONEY TO VIETNAM FOR AGENT ORANGE. YET NEGLECT THE VETERANS AND FAMILIES HERE.".
Pales in comparison to the 150k Vietnamese children it hideously mutated and left to live a life of pain and suffering... but Assad is a bad guy right America?
My Uncle and (coincidentally) my best mates father were SAS together they were exposed to Agent Orange both died of Cancer, Organ failure related issues. We were born in 1974 in 2018 my bestie died of Cancer age 44! Leaving a young child behind.. my mate also had a younger sibling whom was born with a faulty chamber and/or hole in the heart..I know in my heart that these tragedies are related! I feel it with every fibre of my being.. it’s left parentless mokopuna and a nagging uncertainty about their future and who and how they will be taken care of especially if they have inherited the same issues 💔It’s so 🤬 unfair! 😢
You have a problem with the numbers. What nobody mentions is that Maori have a much higher mortality rate than Pakeha (white). and the percentage of Maori in the Infantry exceeded the national average by 20% ergo it seems the veterans have a higher death rate which is not the case. Two points to note.. All defoliation in Phouc Tuy stopped in July 1968 and no it doesn't hang around for more than a few minutes and the UK forces used Agent orange in Malaya right through the 50's. for road side clearance...they (ICI) invented it and gave it to the yanks.
Greetings from Texas. My father was in Vietnam ‘68-‘69. Agent Orange exposure. Had to have a hemicolectomy in his 60’s, and developed the Parkinson’s, with first symptoms at age 69. He’s 79 now.
Angers me that Monsanto KNEW how dangerous it was. There was a guest on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast a couple of year ago. Can’t recall the guests name. But, I remember him saying that upwards of 85% of the workers at Monsanto got cancer BEFORE that crap even went to Vietnam.
Watching my father’s decline makes me angry at draft dodgers like Dick Cheney. He took 5 draft deferment but had ZERO problems sending other peoples children to get killed and maimed.
My brother was Victor 6. Most of his mates have passed away. He's living in Tauranga and doing seemingly well. Although he rarely talks about Vietnam.
My dad pte frank Kotua served in Vietnam with victor 6 1 platoon he told me victor 6 are his brothers he passed 2022 December 16
We Soldiers had three enemies: The NVA, The VC and The USA. All my Pals are dead.
They should have never use Agent Orange in Vietnam many have came home and died of that, my late co worker told me he was living with cancer from Agent Orange and he had to keep going to the doctor for check ups, my late brother served in Vietnam from 1966-1968 he was telling me about Agent Orange but he was not exposed to it he died in 1987 from Aids, God bless the families of our fallen soldiers.
Hell no it's not over
My father served a tour in 1969 as a gunner for 161 Battery Nui Dat, we lost him at the age of 46 to cancer and he is buried at TeTeko. I was born with a hernia and 2 of my sons are Autistic. My brothers son was born with a hole in the heart and died at 12 years old from his heart condition.
As a navy hospital corpsman I hated being stationed in Vietnam; but loved, respected; and planted many battle dressings on the brave Marines I tended to during battles.
I prayed everyday for God to spare my life and for whatever reason he did.
I am thankful I never killed anyone in the field; but witnessed the horrors of war.
And so I can honestly say : Wars between nations is not the answer; only peace.
Today the world is divide in two between Totalitarian Countries and Democratic Countries wanting to rule the world. May the best side win. Or why don’t we all just learn to live together in this one home of ours🌎 ❤️
My dad served in Vietnam pte frank Kotua victor 6 1 PLATOON lead scout love you dad R.I.P SOLDIER 🪖🫡
Our mightiest WARRIORS AND WONDERFUL NEWZEALANDERS who trained ,motivated and guided many thousands of young infantry soldiers who have respect and huge admiration for these men .My honour knights of many are Olly Taukamo,John MONK,Marty COPE Greg Hill,George Kerama,zjoe Berridge Sam Christie ,Ben Morunga .
My 1st husband did 2 tours ‘67-‘69 in Cambodia, Laos and North Vietnam. He was just diagnosed with Parkinson’s caused by Agent Orange😡 My 2nd husband, Mekong Delta ‘66-‘67, has skin issues and has to have a hip replacement as a result of combat related injury. That war came home with our boys and is killing them😔
The suffering these United States veterans are going through is nothing comparing to what the Vietnamese people and children are going through.
Lost my dad to a very rare cancer of the esophagus. He was highly exposed to dioxin. All of his children and grandchildren are suffering from multiple medical ailments.
My grandfather on my mother side was a green beret during the vietnam war he got injured when a mortar landed near him he survived his injuries but in the year 2000 he passed away from leukemia due to agent orange exposure rip Grandpa Julio from October 28th 1942 to September 22nd 2000
My son died from soft tissue sarcoma cancer. I was in the jungle 12 months. We had it sprayed directly on Us. I applied for compensation for My 36 year old Son death. They sent Me such confusing paper work, I threw it in the trash.
After it was sprayed, We went into the area. It looked like a fire swept threw it. It was nothing but ash.
My deepest heartfelt prayers and thoughts are with all VETERANS OF VIETNAM AND THERE FAMILIES. " AM DEVISTATED THAT THE AUSTRALIAN 🇦🇺 GOVERNMENT GIVE MONEY TO VIETNAM FOR AGENT ORANGE. YET NEGLECT THE VETERANS AND FAMILIES HERE.".
If NZ has any doubts about intergenerational Agent Orange diseases all they have to do is look at the children in Vietnam. They have been devastated.
Okinawa veterans have been forgotten. AO was stored, used, sipped in and out of Okinawa.
Pales in comparison to the 150k Vietnamese children it hideously mutated and left to live a life of pain and suffering... but Assad is a bad guy right America?
My Uncle and (coincidentally) my best mates father were SAS together they were exposed to Agent Orange both died of Cancer, Organ failure related issues. We were born in 1974 in 2018 my bestie died of Cancer age 44! Leaving a young child behind.. my mate also had a younger sibling whom was born with a faulty chamber and/or hole in the heart..I know in my heart that these tragedies are related! I feel it with every fibre of my being.. it’s left parentless mokopuna and a nagging uncertainty about their future and who and how they will be taken care of especially if they have inherited the same issues
💔It’s so 🤬 unfair! 😢
You have a problem with the numbers. What nobody mentions is that Maori have a much higher mortality rate than Pakeha (white). and the percentage of Maori in the Infantry exceeded the national average by 20% ergo it seems the veterans have a higher death rate which is not the case. Two points to note.. All defoliation in Phouc Tuy stopped in July 1968 and no it doesn't hang around for more than a few minutes and the UK forces used Agent orange in Malaya right through the 50's. for road side clearance...they (ICI) invented it and gave it to the yanks.