WHY THE VICTIMS OF AGENT ORANGE ARE STILL SUFFERING TO THIS DAY



From 1961 to 1971, the U.S. used the herbicide and defoliant Agent Orange in Vietnam, leaving behind millions of victims with deadly diseases and birth defects.

For ten years in Vietnam, it rained a chemical mist. It was the height of the Vietnam War in the 1960s, and planes and helicopters flew above the country’s fields, spraying a toxic chemical called Agent Orange.


A potent herbicide mixture deployed by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War, Agent Orange devastated both the country’s landscape and the health of those exposed. More than 3 million people became victims of Agent Orange in the aftermath of its use between 1961 and 1971 — and many of them suffered unimaginable torment.


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Three planes fly over Vietnam releasing chemicals.


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

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Le Van O., a 14-year-old boy who was born without eyes because of the effects of Agent Orange.


Hanoi, Vietnam. March 28, 2006.

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An aerial photograph showing the effects of Agent Orange. The land on the left hasn't been sprayed while the land on the right has.


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

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Not all of the chemicals were sprayed from above. These soldiers are spraying crops from atop a vehicle, getting up close and personal with the dangerous chemicals.


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

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A ten-year-old girl born without arms writes in her schoolbook.


Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam. December 2004.

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A five-year-old boy, born blind and mute because of Agent Orange poisoning, sits at the barred window of an orphanage.


Hue, Vietnam. March 9, 2011.

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Soldiers down below help spray Agent Orange on the jungle, getting a dangerous dose of the chemicals all over their skins in the process.


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. Collection: Agent Orange Subject Files/The Vietnam Center and Archive/Texas Tech University

55-year-old Kan Lay holds her 14-year-old son, born with severe physical disabilities because of Agent Orange.


A Lưới, Vietnam. August 6, 2013.

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Tran Thi Nghien bathes her handicapped daughter, an Agent Orange victim who is incapable of bathing herself. Cam Lo, Vietnam. March 8, 2011.

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Hoang Duc Mui, a Vietnamese veteran, speaks to American veterans during a visit to Friendship Village, Hanoi's shelter for Agent Orange victims.


Hanoi, Vietnam. September 25, 2003.

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A soldier, after spraying the land with Agent Orange, tries to wash himself clean in some of the very waters that he had helped pollute.


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. Collection: Agent Orange Subject Files/The Vietnam Center and Archive/Texas Tech University

An American veteran shows the long rashes across his arms that he developed from working with Agent Orange. Under his clothes, the rashes cover half of his body.


Brooklyn, New York. May 7, 1984.

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A helicopter sprays Agent Orange.


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

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Lt. Kathleen Glover comforts an orphaned Vietnamese child.


After the war, Lt. Glover would come home and find out that she had contracted Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma from her exposure to Agent Orange.


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

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A man begs for money outside of a cathedral. He was born with a deformed arm because of Agent Orange, and it makes it nearly impossible for him to find work.


Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. June 1, 2009.

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A group of American planes fly over top of the jungles and release chemicals meant to kill the trees underneath


Vietnam. Circa 1961-1971.

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A child born without eyes lies in bed at an orphanage that takes care of 125 children, all born with disabilities because of Agent Orange.


Ba Vi, Vietnam. March 15, 2011.

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A helicopter sprays Agent Orange on Vietnamese farmland.


Mekong River, Vietnam. July 26, 1969.

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Nguyen Xuan Minh, a four-year child born with severe deformities because of Agent Orange, which Monsanto helped manufacture.


Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. May 2, 2005.

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A massive stack of 55-gallon drums full of Agent Orange waits to be poured over the people of Vietnam.

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