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Agent OrangeIntroduction

Agent Orange: Introduction [For the United States, the Vietnam War officially ended on 30 April 1975, but controversy over the use of the herbicide known as Herbicide Orange, aka “Agent Orange” continues to this day. In March 1965, the role of the US in Vietnam changed from a role of training and support for the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) to the role of providing major combat support. As US and Allied Nations entered combat operations with communist forces (Viet Cong and the North Vietnam Army), the elusive “enemy” effectively used the dense vegetation to operate with impunity to strike the American and Allied Forces. The United States Air Force’s Operation RANCH HAND responded by spraying tactical herbicides to control the vegetation, thereby removing concealment of the enemy. From 29 March 1965 through 7 January 1971, Operation RANCH HAND sprayed three tactical herbicides, Agent Orange (43.3 million liters), Agent White (21.8 million liters), and Agent Blue (6.1 million liters) on approximately 14% of South Vietnam’s forests, savannahs, and grassland vegetation. Beginning in 1969, News sources in North Vietnam reported that a toxic dioxin in the Agent Orange was responsible for birth defects in children born to North Vietnamese veterans who had served in the South, and in civilians who had been contaminated with Agent Orange. In 1991, the Agent Orange Act was enacted giving Veterans who served in Vietnam health care and compensation for diseases allegedly associated with exposure to Agent Orange. Despite the Government action, the controversy has continued.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Agent OrangeIntroduction

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 58)
Young, Alvin L.
Agent Orange — Jul 26, 2022
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
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978-3-031-08186-6
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1 –8
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10.1007/978-3-031-08187-3_1
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[For the United States, the Vietnam War officially ended on 30 April 1975, but controversy over the use of the herbicide known as Herbicide Orange, aka “Agent Orange” continues to this day. In March 1965, the role of the US in Vietnam changed from a role of training and support for the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) to the role of providing major combat support. As US and Allied Nations entered combat operations with communist forces (Viet Cong and the North Vietnam Army), the elusive “enemy” effectively used the dense vegetation to operate with impunity to strike the American and Allied Forces. The United States Air Force’s Operation RANCH HAND responded by spraying tactical herbicides to control the vegetation, thereby removing concealment of the enemy. From 29 March 1965 through 7 January 1971, Operation RANCH HAND sprayed three tactical herbicides, Agent Orange (43.3 million liters), Agent White (21.8 million liters), and Agent Blue (6.1 million liters) on approximately 14% of South Vietnam’s forests, savannahs, and grassland vegetation. Beginning in 1969, News sources in North Vietnam reported that a toxic dioxin in the Agent Orange was responsible for birth defects in children born to North Vietnamese veterans who had served in the South, and in civilians who had been contaminated with Agent Orange. In 1991, the Agent Orange Act was enacted giving Veterans who served in Vietnam health care and compensation for diseases allegedly associated with exposure to Agent Orange. Despite the Government action, the controversy has continued.]

Published: Jul 26, 2022

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