Agent orange
...ncil 3.) was not used during wwII a.) opposed by Pres. Roosevelt b.) and white house chief of staff William leahy 2.Defoliant a. used destroy jungle b. destroyed rice crops in Japan (major food source) B. Use during Vietnam 1.Air force op. “Ranch Hand” a. started spraying in aug. 1965 1.)18million gal. Of agent orange used 2.)throught the entire duration of the Vietnam war b. Pres Kennedy sign orders 1.)one to use AO to destroy jungle 2.) the other was to destroy Vietnamese crops 3.) both the orders were sign prior the U.S. invasion 2. uses a. sprayed along rivers 1.) destroyed thick jungles 2.) making it safe for us boats to travel without ambush b. sprayed on Vietnamese crops 1.) intent was to deprive the enemy of food 2.) farmers lost 70% of crops 3.) 6250sq. Mi. cannot be farmed still today C. Effects of agent orange on US soldiers 1. LaVern Mattison (personal interview on may 3 2005) a. suffers from Post traumatic b. dilutions c. sever memory loss 2. Other diseases caused by AO a. non-Hodgkin lymphoma 1.) lieutenant Zumwalt a.) placed orders for agent orange b.) son died from exposure to AO b. several types of respiratory cancers c. sever birth defects d. neurotoxicity, neuropsychiatry dysfunction deficits in motor function and peripheral neuropathy (online pamphlet, Agent Orange, Environmental Agents Service. Posted July 2003, viewed May 25 2005) 3. Vietnam vets and ...