CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Veterans may be eligible to file a disability claim with the Veterans Administration based on exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides in a wider range of locations, ...

One of the most tragic conflicts of the Cold War era (1945-1991), took place between the southeast Asian counties of North and South Vietnam. With some help from the Soviet Union, the communist forces ...

To understand the predicament of World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas, take a look at what happened to another set of American veterans who were exposed to a different toxic chemical. Last ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Tenn. (WJHL)- More than 58,000 American soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but the number of those dying from its impacts continues to rise because of Agent Orange. “It was a very strong ...

Milton Ross leaned forward to let the white rain run off his helmet. The helicopter had just sprayed the area near Pleiku, where Ross was part of a 22-man special forces team on a long-range ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 19—ROCHESTER — Not all U.S. service members who died from their duties in Vietnam are memorialized on the Vietnam War ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering depicts the updated design for a memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...

John Callahan figured that if he died in Vietnam, it would at least be in heroic fashion while fighting for his country. Callahan, a Hartford native, enlisted two weeks before his 17th birthday and ...

SUNSET — Veterans Park has been chosen as the site for a new memorial marker, the culmination of a Davis County nonprofit’s longstanding effort to honor the hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War ...

A memorial to Vietnam War veterans who became ill or died after exposure to the infamous herbicide Agent Orange will be dedicated this month in Des Plaines. The freestanding, granite memorial was ...

The widows of two Rochester veterans who died due to health complications after exposure Agent Orange herbicide mix attended a ceremony honoring service members. Debi Neville, whose husband Andrew ...