Vietnam AO & Links

Vietnam Agent Orange & Links

VETERANS' SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS ASSISTING VIETNAM VETERANS

 

 

bulletVietnam Veterans of America

www.vva.org

bulletMore specific for VVA:
 
           http://www.vva.org/benefits/vvgagent.htm

 

bulletThe American Legion
           www.legion.org
 
 
bulletMore specific for American Legion:
 
          http://www.legion.org/?section=veterans&subsection=vt_vietnam&content=vt_vietnam
 
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National Veterans Legal Services Program
 
bulletDisabled American Veterans
 
          www.dav.org 
 
 
bulletFor applications directly to the Department of Veterans Affairs:
 

II. GENERAL INFORMATION ON AGENT ORANGE USE IN VIETNAM

bulletHatfield Group Vietnam Analyses
           http://www.hatfieldgroup.com

 

bulletThe extent and patterns of usage of Agent Orange and other herbicides in Vietnam by
Recently Dr. Jeanne Mager Stellman et al. published a paper on the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam in Nature (2003; Vlm 422: 681-687).   You can access the Nature paper, a video of their work, and other Agent Orange related information at http://www.columbia.edu/~jms13. Click on the "Agent Orange and Other Herbicides in Vietnam" link. The Nature paper outlines the  volume of defoliants used by the US military during the Viet Nam conflict. It also indicates that the dioxin content of herbicides used was likely much greater than originally reported.
 

III. HEALTH EFFECTS OF AGENT ORANGE 

 
bulletLymphoma Foundation of America
 
 
bulletEPA: Dioxin Generally
 
 
bulletEPA:  Draft Dioxin Reassessment
 
 
 
bulletIARC classification of DIOXIN
 
           http://monographs.iarc.fr/monoeval/crthall.html
 
bulletNATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES'
           Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 2002 (2003)
 

 

bulletThe Air Force Ranch Hand Health Study
bulletDepartment of Veterans Affairs
          http://www.index.va.gov/search/va/va_search.jsp  and then type in "Agent Orange" 
 

IV.  GENERAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE VIET NAM WAR

A. National Sources
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National Archives

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National Archives Center for Electronic Records:  Casualty Statistics for the Vietnam War

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Library of Congress Veterans History Project

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Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

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John F. Kennedy Library

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Lyndon Baines Johnson Library

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Documents at the US Army Military History Institute

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US Air Force Historical Research Agency

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US Army Center of Military History

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US Army Military History Institute

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US Marine Corps Historical Center

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US Navy Historical Center

bullet FOR MARINES:  www.thevietnamfiles.com

 

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