Without medical evidence that affirms a connection between Agent Orange and myelodysplastic syndrome, patients have struggled ...

Hundreds of veterans who served in the Panama Canal Zone are being denied disability compensation for toxic exposure during ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, Calif., Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...

A new national study shows for the first time that people exposed to Agent Orange face a higher risk of developing ...

To understand the predicament of World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas, take a look at what happened to another set of American veterans who were exposed to a different toxic chemical. Last ...

Sam Genco, a "Blue Water" Navy Vietnam veteran who lives in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., is not automatically eligible for disability benefits even though he has a health problem known to be linked to ...

John Callahan figured that if he died in Vietnam, it would at least be in heroic fashion while fighting for his country. Callahan, a Hartford native, enlisted two weeks before his 17th birthday and ...

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