Posted on Nov 11, 2017
Will U.S. stay committed to toxic Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam?
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A short video from PBS News. Charles Bailey:
A short video from PBS News.
"Da Nang was very toxic. It was 300 times the maximum permitted level for dioxin in the environment."
A short video from PBS News.
"Da Nang was very toxic. It was 300 times the maximum permitted level for dioxin in the environment."
Will U.S. stay committed to toxic Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam?
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That was an interesting segment on the PBS "News Hour." I added Bailey's book to my "To Read" list.
Things have certainly changed since I was there.
Things have certainly changed since I was there.
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PO2 Peter Klein
SSgt Donald Libby - No it doesn't. I was always amazed at the amount of air traffic coming and going there.
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SSgt Donald Libby
C-120s, f-4s, c-141s, and asuncry other aircraft 24 hours a day. Funny, one eventually learns to sleep through it all after a while.
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PO2 Peter Klein
SSgt Donald Libby - Yes it is. I had lots of practice. San Diego Navy boot camp was at the west end of the runway at San Diego's airport. 90% of the time, planes take off to the west. Then got an apartment in an area called Ocean Beach, right on the flight path. But the surf was good.
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The area at Da Nang Air Base for the Agent orange storage, picture (1) as You can see nothing will grow there at all, Picture (2) the barrels of defoliant stored in the picture 1 area in 1968-69 when I was stationed at Da Nang. The barrels with orange stripes are Agent Orange, those with other color stripes are other defoliants. This was the storage area for the 12th Special Operations Squadron, "Ranch Hands" that sprayed these defoliants from their C123 aircraft. Picture (3) is a photo I took Myself back in 1968 of one of the 12th SOS aircraft, notice the spray pipes on the trailing edge of the wings. Often the chemical was mixed with boat paddles prior to loading it into the aircraft. I had worked a Security Police stationary Post located approx 100 Feet from the edge of this area shown in Picture (1) and (2)
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