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A veterans plea
During the Vietnam War era, hundreds of thousands of Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard joined forces to fight in this war. After 30 plus years, I ask Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA) to now join forces with veterans of that war who are sick...Tags: Defense, Veterans Affairs, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Washington, DC
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Looking back on 2011
As 2011 drew to a close, The Herald-Mail took a look back at some of the stories we wrote about during the year.
These are the final stories, which provide a glimpse of the story, and what happened next.
Fort Ritchie awaits impact report
The story:...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Defense, Marketing, Companies and Corporations, Diseases and Illnesses
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San Jac Junk- Waste leaks into the San Jacinto River
Harris County attorney Vince Ryan filed a lawsuit this week against four companies for allowing dioxins to leak from waste pits into the San Jacinto River for the last 45 years.
Dioxins were the main ingredient in Agent Orange, used in the Vietnam War...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Birth Defects, Trials, Waste
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Vietnam Blue Water Navy one step closer for VA benefits
A new step forward is achieved for the Blue Water Navy of the Vietnam War. Vietnam Navy veterans who are infected with presumptive exposure of Agent Orange Dioxin soon may realize benefits from Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation for agent orange...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Chris Gibson
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Occupy Houston House of Horrors event
KIAHOccupy Houston is sending a Halloween message with its Corporate House of Horrors show. "It's Halloween and we're festive, and we're in costumes, but these are real issues that we're talking about," Carl Gibson, a member with Occupy Houston, said. The...Tags: Corruption, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, U.S. Military, Halloween, Companies and Corporations
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Letters to the Editor - July 21
Wachter remembered as a great vice principal To the editor: I wish to pay tribute to a gentleman who passed away June 18, 2011. His name is Wayne Wachter and although he resided in West Virginia, he was a teacher and vice principal at Clear Spring...Tags: Armed Forces, Real Estate, Defense, Veterans Affairs, Maryland
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Letters to the Editor - July 26
Religion should be concerned with raising people up To the editor: In response to the July 22 letter “Chirstians must cry out,” I would suggest that being a sinner has never prevented people from doing good. Those who read the Bible...Tags: Defense, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Veterans Affairs, U.S. Marine Corps, Frostburg State University
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Cemetery adds Field of Honor for vets
SOUTH BEND — Someday, the Field of Honor at Highland Cemetery will tell many stories. The story of MacDonald "Mac" Kuykendall, of South Bend, is one his wife said she wants heard loud and clear this Veteran’s Day. He was the first veteran to...Tags: U.S. Military, U.S. Army, Lee Johnson, Diseases and Illnesses, Veterans Day
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Agent Orange can be deadly
I am U.S. Navy retired with 22 years active service; also, a Vietnam Veteran with four (4) shipboard deployments to Vietnam waters, known as the combat zone. From Jan. 9, 1962 to May 7, 1975, Agent Orange (Dioxin) was used in Vietnam as a defoliant....Tags: Lymphoma, Prostate Cancer, Defense, Birth Defects, Diseases and Illnesses
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More victims of Agent Orange
Some Vietnam veterans who have had or now has diseases brought on by Presumptive Exposure to Agent Orange Dioxin are not alone. Many children of Vietnam veterans conceived during and after the war are also infected by Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the...Tags: Defense, Birth Defects, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Armed Forces
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AT PEACE, AT LAST: AFTER 11 YEARS AND AN EMOTIONAL PARADE, VIETNAM VETS FINALLY FEEL WELCOME
This story by William Mullen orginally ran in the Aug. 17, 1986, Tribune Sunday Magazine.
At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 13, three men left the entrance to Navy Pier and began moving west along Grand Avenue. The three were old soldiers, the point men...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Substance Abuse, Native Americans, General Motors Corp., Chemotherapy
Jan 3, 2012
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Jan 2, 2012
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Dec 28, 2011
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Dec 12, 2011
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Oct 31, 2011
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Jul 20, 2011
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Jul 25, 2011
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Nov 10, 2011
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Nov 11, 2011
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Nov 27, 2011
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Jun 17, 2011
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Jun 10, 2011
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Original site for Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971) topic gallery.
