There was discussion of holding an Agent Orange Awareness event at Vietnam Veterans Park in October ... “We were told it was to kill the jungle, but we didn’t know it would affect us later ...

A plane spraying Agent Orange over Vietnam The Americans used chemical ... This was used to clear foliage in the jungle which was the natural hiding place for the Vietcong. They also wanted ...

American tactics in Vietnam can be summed up ... on suspected Vietcong strongholds, and Agent Orange, an ultra-strong defoliant, was used to destroy the jungle cover. Helicopters were used to ...