Comments: Department of Veterans Affairs
Report ----http://www.koreanwar.org/html/units/dmz/dmz_60_69.htm?set=150 cut and paste link
REPORT TO TO SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS
AND EXPOSURE TO AGENT ORANGE
CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL STATUS (1)
As Reported by Special Assistant
Admiral E.R. Zumwalt, Jr.
May 5, 1990
NOT FOR PUBLICATION AND
RELEASE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
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final report on Ranch Hand: Herbicide Operations in SEA, July 1979. According to Dr. Clary:
When we (military scientists) initiated the herbicide program in the 1960s, we were aware of the potential for damage due to dioxin contamination in the herbicide. We were even aware that the military6 formulation had a higher dioxin concentration than the civilian version due to the lower cost and speed of manufacture. However, because the material was to be used on the enemy, none of us were overly concerned. We never considered a scenario in which. our own personnel would become contaminated with the herbicide. And, if we had, we would have expected our own government to give assistance to veterans so contaminated.
See also notes 13, 73-75 and accompanying text infra for additional information of the manufacturers awareness of the toxicity of Agent Orange.
6 Combat units, such as the Brown Water Navy, frequently conducted "unofficial" sprayings of Agent Orange obtained from out of channel, and thus unrecorded sources. Additionally, as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, I was aware that Agent Orange issued to Allied forces was frequently used on unrecorded missions


If I had a blue water case I would consider this info as being a piece of gold. Just think of the implications and posibilities.

Thanks Crippo, excellent point!

The first two chapters of my book: "IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH FOR VIETNAM COMBAT VETERANS" cover that topic quite well. As a mtter of fact I stated in 1983, in my published essay Poison: Agent Orange, the original Ranch Hand Study was flawed. During the year 2000 the new Ranch Hand Study confirmed the original was flawed.