Legacy of Our Veterans' Military Exposures
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Vietnam War

Vets Can Finally Sue Contractors for Cancer Caused by War

The suits say KBRā€™s actions resulted in illnesses and death. That seems like an obvious assumption: In the United States, we are not allowed to burn trash in large open pits because itā€™s a health hazard. Troops can tell you. It settled like smog over their housing areas, leaving...
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Retired Air Force Col. Archer Battista believes new report backs effort to extend Agent Orange benefits

ā€œIt looks to us as if we have finally prevailed in this battle. The VA is making noises about how do we reach out and contact these men and women so that, I think, is going to be the next hurdle,ā€ retired Air Force Col. Archer Battista, 68, said this week. ā€œItā€™s a very big hurdle...
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Veteran Fights for $250K in Benefits for Agent Orange-Caused Condition

Frustrated and fed-up, Vietnam veteran Don Rabush calls his fight to get Veterans Affairs benefits for an ailment caused by Agent Orange one of the worth battles heā€™s ever faced. The Army second lieutenant has been working to get nearly 40 years of retroactive benefits after...
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LOVME Uniting our Veterans’ and their Families

I am the widow of a Vietnam veteran who died in 2005 due to exposure to Agent Orange and his service. Our daughter, Dee Reyes has been sick all of her life. I have advocated for my daughter since she was 7 years old. This is how we founded Agent Orange Legacy in 2007. Learn more...
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BDRC ā€˜Children Centerā€™ PETITION

CLICK HERE TO SIGN THIS PETITION: Support Care and Medical Treatment for the Children of Vietnam Veterans Our children and grandchildren are sick and suffering and they desperately need specialized medical care related to Agent Orange Exposure. Now is the time to TAKE ACTION!!Ā ...
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REGISTER NOW: IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO CHILDREN OF VIETNAM VETERANS

Vietnam Veterans of America Agent Orange/Dioxin Committee is asking the children of Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange; adult children (we recommend you register your children also) who are ill and/or have birth defects, learning disabilities and/or mental health issues; to...
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Veteranā€™s death points to ongoing problems

Anyone can experience what Dave went through in Vietnam in a novel authored by an Ivy League graduate and Rhodes Scholar who joined the Marines out of patriotism and went through the hell of Vietnam experienced by his – and Dave Brott’s – generation. The novel,...
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VA Waitlist Scandals: These boots were made for waiting

War is expensive to wage, and it takes a lot of money to heal physical and psychological wounds. Unwilling to face up to the true costs of modern warfare, the government has systematically tried to weasel out of covering the full costs of care for injured and ill veterans for...
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The 40-year war AGENT ORANGE CASUALTIES KEEP MOUNTING

But fate put Galinac ā€” and thousands of others ā€” in the path of a killer as deadly but far more stealthy than their North Vietnamese foe. And more than 40 years later, the strategy the U.S. military deployed to decimate that jungle has leveled a lethal legacy. Galinac is among...
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Veterans exposed to chemical Agent Orange, not receiving benefit

The CDC found the herbicide,Ā Agent OrangeĀ , caused a number of diseases and cancers, but not all forms of cancers were put on the list, including the kind that killed Denny. It’s the same for other forms of cancer as well, some are on the list as caused by Agent Orange,...
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