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U.S. Army sprayed defoliant over DMZ in 1955: ex-soldier

Agent Orange Korea
A former South Korean soldier testified for the first time Monday that from its aircraft, the U.S. military sprayed a defoliant over the Demilitarized Zone in 1955 ā€• more than a decade earlier than news media recently reported. ā€œIt was in 1955 when I was working at the 15th Army...
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VA Publishes Final Regulation to Aid Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange in Korea

ā€œVAā€™s primary mission is to be an advocate for Veterans,ā€ said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki ā€œWith this new regulation VA has cleared a path for more Veterans who served in the demilitarized zone in Korea to receive access to our quality health care and...
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Defoliants in DMZ

In addition to the side effects from the use of toxic defoliants suffered by Korean troops in the Vietnam War, the government has now confirmed the use of the same chemicals in 1968 and 1969 along the DMZ. In some respects it was inevitable that these had to be used to clear fire...
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