This year marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon after the U.S. withdrew its troops from the Vietnam War. On Saturday, those who fought in that conflict gathered at the USS Hornet in Alameda for ...

WASHINGTON – Charlie Pase considers himself “unusually lucky.” ...

Bob Kaldahl recalled how the fighter jets revved their engines to a high-pitched shriek before catapulting off the USS Shangri-La ... because of exposure to Agent Orange, burn pits, depleted ...

Agent Orange was one within an arsenal of “rainbow herbicides” used by the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam, each given a colloquial name based on the color of the bands on the drums in which it was ...

Roque Vela Sr. shared Agent Orange story at The Wall That Heals candlelight vigil ceremony, honoring Vietnam War heroes and ...

According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The defoliant was heavily used during the conflict. Now, there is a new ...

After more than 15 years of denying that the dioxin in Agent Orange was linked to cancers, birth defects and other medical issues with Vietnam veterans, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was ...

At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent Orange defoliant.

HANOI, Vietnam--At a former American air base in southern Vietnam, work abruptly stopped last month on efforts to clean up tons of soil contaminated with deadly dioxin from the military’s Agent ...

Thorburn, a staff sergeant in Vietnam who was shot down behind enemy lines. Thorburn survived the war, but due to his exposure to the chemical Agent Orange, two of his children were born severely ...