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We end our month with a great interview with Heather A. Bowser of the Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance.
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Steve Andrews is the same investigative reporter from yesterday's clip. While it is heartbreaking that the VA continues to make it so difficult for victims to claim benefits, it is heartwarming to see that there are still people trying to help.
NOTE: Parts 1 & 2 are AO related. Part 3 is focused on Camp Lejeune and Part 4 is about a VA mistake related to a WWII veteran.
A case where the VA denied possible links because Bill Smith was stationed in Thailand.
 This site includes a search feature of the archives which holds more than 29000 articles on Agent Orange.
 Click the image above to see the list or research resources gathered by the VVANJSC.
A war photographer who spent much time in Vietnam, Philip Jones Griffiths had a trilogy of books, including Collateral Damage: Agent Orange in Vietnam, which he discusses below.
See also the official documentary website.
See Whitehead & Associates for additional resources and help.
Learn more at www.agentorangequiltoftears.com
 Giving you a Monday break from video with a link to the War Legacies Project's Agent Orange Record site. There's lots of history and information here.
Learn more about Friendship Village and how you can help. The full documentary can be seen here.
Also, if you're an Amazon shopper, Friendship Village is one of the charitable organizations you can donate to through Amazon Smile.
From the 1978 Emmy Award winning film narrated by Bill Kurtis.
Chris Nostrand's award-winning personal account of losing his father to Agent Orange.
More about Dick Hughes' organization Loose Cannons (mentioned in the PBS News Hour piece).
A former Marine and Conscientious Objector are working to help the victims of AO in Vietnam.
Today's resource: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs page on Agent Orange.
I'm taking a break from the video images this weekend and spot lighting recent legislative actions and organizations.
Today's focus is House Resolution 334: Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act, which was proposed in January of 2017. You can sign a virtual postcard in support of HR334 here.
Coming in at #4: Agent Orange. The video mentions Dr. Kligman, who reportedly experimented on humans with Agent Orange. Check out this 1983 interview with him in The New York Times.
As you can guess, he's not one of my favorite people. |
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