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The U.S. military, with the permission of the Canadian government, tested herbicides, including Agent Orange, in the forests near Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick. [158] In 2007, the government of Canada offered a one-time ex gratia payment of $20,000 as compensation for Agent Orange exposure at CFB Gagetown. [ 159 ]
Inspection of the Agent Orange Inventory at NCBC in Gulfport, 1975. (USAF) During the Vietnam War, NCBC Gulfport was the largest storage site in the United States for Agent Orange prior to shipment to Southeast Asia. [10] In 1968, the base received 68,700 55-gallon barrels of herbicide for shipment to Vietnam. [11]
An extensive repository of Agent Orange documentation, especially as regards US Military operations and resultant law suits. Epandage de l'Agent Orange par l'US Army au Viêt Nam et ses conséquences, Agent Orange and Other Herbicides in Vietnam research by Jeanne Stellman; War Legacies Project collection of Agent Orange research and resources
Agent Orange was a chemical used by the US military during the Vietnam War to destroy foliage, which resulted in severe disabilities for millions of people. US sailors visit Vietnamese shelter for ...
Between 1962 and 1971, the U.S. military sprayed roughly 11 million gallons of the chemical agent dioxin used in Agent Orange across large swaths of southern Vietnam.
Huey helicopters were used to disperse Agent Orange across forests and farms in over 6,500 missions in a nine year period of the Vietnam War. Image source: Wikimedia Commons The use of Agent ...
Agent Orange is a herbicide, classified as a defoliant, that was used most notably by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War. Its primary purpose was strategic deforestation, destroying the forest cover and food resources necessary for the implementation and sustainability of the North Vietnamese style of guerilla warfare . [ 1 ]
Reports indicate that Agent Orange was stored and used at Camp Schwab and other US bases on Okinawa in the 1960s. The US government denies that the toxin was present at the base, and the Japanese government has declined to investigate. [4] [5] On 24 March 2009, a Marine was killed and two others injured in an explosion near the base.