võ thị thắng 20th Century History (quokk.au)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

Operation Ranch Hand lasted almost 10 years. Chloracne and pregnancies don't take that long. I don't have sources about the cancers*, but seems entirely possible.

*edit: about how long their onset takes. The one journalistic source I had listed cancers among the reasons for protests.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    US troop presence was minimal until '65, and even then, most the US troops exposed would not have immediately gone on to impregnate someone in the States (who, thus, the US government might bother paying attention to), considering multi-year tours were and are the norm for military deployment. Use of Agent Orange was ended in '71.

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