Introduction

History
  Korea
  Vietnam

Riot Control Agents
  CS
  DM

Incendiaries
  White Phosphorous
  Napalm

Operation Ranch Hand
  
Mission Overview
  
Defoliants Used
    
 Components
     Agent Orange

   
    
Dioxin
  
   Agent White
      Agent Blue

Ecology

Ambiguities of Vietnam
  Yellow Rain
  Operation Tailwind
  CW Test On Sailors
  Dissenting Warriors

References

Links

 

 

 


Helpful Links

Here are some links that we found very useful.

URSUS, The Cornell Forum for Environmental Issues has particularly good information about the ecological effects of the US campaign in Vietnam. In particular this page written Abraham Parker, Danielle Ogurcak & Jennifer Rice htttp://www.rso.cornell.edu/Ursus/fa99vietnam.html

Ray Smith, who served in the 1st Battalion 69th Armor, has a very good site about his tour as well as Operation Tailwind.
http://www.rjsmith.com/sog-raid.html

Jeff Drake has put together a wonderful site with a detailed explanation of what led up to the Vietnam War at http://www.vietvet.org/jeffviet.htm

Good histories about the Korea War can be found at.
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/gcselinks/modern/Cold_War/koreanwar.pdf or
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAkorea.htm

 

 

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