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 Any Vietnam vets in here?
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10/12/21 02:57 PM
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txmasterpo
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Need to ask about your experience with agent orange
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158578
10/12/21 02:58 PM
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Hard Rain
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Rudy Cortinas would be a good one to ask.
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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10/12/21 03:03 PM
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a777pilot
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What ever happened to Wounded Bear?
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158589
10/12/21 03:10 PM
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WAWI
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What ever happened to Wounded Bear? Idk, met him once or twice, helped him with some stuff around his house, Mudshark would know if anyone does I would think as him and his kids helped him alot.
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158590
10/12/21 03:11 PM
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txmasterpo
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I want to say Bear passed away but I could be wrong
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158611
10/12/21 03:41 PM
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Scagnetti
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KingwoodCat would be a good source
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158627
10/12/21 03:57 PM
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bassfishinglawyer
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Cousin passed from cancer almost certainly due to AO. Helicopter pilot shot down twice. 
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158642
10/12/21 04:09 PM
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Patriot Guard Rider
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I was in Vietnam for 15 months in 1967-68 but was never, to my knowledge, even close to places it was used. In our area (Central Highlands with the 4th Inf Div) it was mostly used along the road sides to wipe out the cover the NVA and VC could use to attack truck convoys. I was rarely on those roads.
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158667
10/12/21 04:24 PM
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Dogfish_Jones
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Wonder how many of the NVA caught OA?
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158668
10/12/21 04:24 PM
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Pilothawk
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I have a friend who flew Ranch Hand.
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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10/12/21 04:25 PM
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Scagnetti
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it was mostly used along the road sides to wipe out the cover the NVA and VC could use to attack truck convoys. That was not my experience I saw vast areas that were completely defoliated that were not anywhere close to roads. They used Agent Orange at our base to keep a wide swath clear of vegetation between our perimeter and the jungle.
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14158672
10/12/21 04:26 PM
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YEE_YEE
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My uncle in a nursing home from it
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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10/12/21 08:20 PM
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Patriot Guard Rider
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it was mostly used along the road sides to wipe out the cover the NVA and VC could use to attack truck convoys. That was not my experience I saw vast areas that were completely defoliated that were not anywhere close to roads. They used Agent Orange at our base to keep a wide swath clear of vegetation between our perimeter and the jungle. Just curious. Were you in the Central Highlands?
Family is everything! Life is precious. We don’t have forever. We have now. This moment. We can choose to love our lives now.
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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10/12/21 09:25 PM
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Scagnetti
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it was mostly used along the road sides to wipe out the cover the NVA and VC could use to attack truck convoys. That was not my experience I saw vast areas that were completely defoliated that were not anywhere close to roads. They used Agent Orange at our base to keep a wide swath clear of vegetation between our perimeter and the jungle. Just curious. Were you in the Central Highlands? No, I was north by Da Nang but I flew over a lot of the country particularly along the coast and a lot in the south. In the south it was common to see defoliation and B-52 craters in the middle of nowhere. How any man or beast survived that kind of destruction is beyond me In 70-71, when the troop drawdown was in full effect, we got a LOT of guys from the 4th who came in from the Central Highlands
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Re: Any Vietnam vets in here?
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#14159040
10/12/21 10:40 PM
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Justmike
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Was in the brown water navy 68-69, got sprayed alot while they cleared the banks. Fighting mantle cell lymphomia for las 10 yrs. va is treating me well let me know if I can help with anything
Last edited by Justmike; 10/12/21 10:42 PM.
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