My dad (as a foreigner in Puerto Rico) was tasked by the US government to test Agent Orange in the 60's. He showed me the site 30 years later nothing growing on it.
My late ex's dad served multiple tours in Vietnam and elsewhere throughout SE Asia. Got drenched with AO constantly. He'd told me that vets who'd done tours in that region and had been laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery regularly had to have their plots re-sodded because AO was such a vicious defoliant. While paying our respects there back in '97, he knelt at his dad's plot and pried up many fried layers to prove it. His dad had been cremated, yet AO was still active. 😰
@fugitive247 @matuzalem OMG that’s insane!!
We just saw a friend the other day who served and he said he Just got a letter from the VA asking him to come in to get tested for agent orange. He’s 78 years old. 🙄
how horrible. i read about it at the time, but didn't know about it's hideous longevity 🥺