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VFP 4th Annual Viet Nam Tour: April-May 2015
Veterans For Peace Vietnam Spring Tour April 16 – May 2 2015 Each spring members of the Hoa Binh (Peace) Chapter 160 of Veterans For Peace (VFP) welcomes up to 20 Veterans & non-Vet peace activists & spouses to come for a 17-day insider’s tour of Việt … Continue reading
Posted in Agent Orange, Peace Journeys, VFP VietNam 2015 Tour, Viet Nam
Tagged Agent Orange AO, American Committee for The Friendship Village Project, AO, Army, Bet Cat, Cam Ranh, Chapter 160, Chuch Palazzo, Chuch Searcy, Cow/Water Bullalo Project, Da Hang, Da Nang, Danang, DAVA, Don Blackburn, Farm Animal Project, Force Reconnaissance, Friendship Village, Ha Noi, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh, Hoa Binh, Hue Orphanage, Hue University, humanitarian projects, Marine, Michael Cull, Nadya William, Nha Trang, Project Renew, Quang Tri Province, Saigon, Suel Jones, Tu Du Hospital, Unexploded Ordinances, UXO, VAE, VAVA, Veterans For Peace, veteransforpeace.org, VFP Hoa Bihn, Viet Nam, Viet Namese, VietNam, Vietnam Spring Tour, virginia@veteransforpeace.org
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VFP VietNam Tour 8: Da Nang Thermal Dioxin Clean Up
Thermal dioxin desorption system started in Da Nang TalkVietnam April 19, 2014 Source: Vietnam News Agency (VNA) By VietnamPlus A thermal desorption system was put into operation at Da Nang Airport on April 19, as part of a US-funded project to … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 VFP VietNam Tour, Agent Orange, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace National HQ, VFP VietNam 2014 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged Agent Orange, Bill Creighton, Da Nang, Da Nang Airport, Danang, Deputy Defence Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh, Environmental Pollution, San Francisco, TalkVietnam, Thermal Dioxin Desorption System, US Ambassador David Shea, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf.wordpress.com, VietNam, VietnamPlus
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VFP Vietnam Tour 6: Danang Airport
Agent Orange Remediation Project: Danang Airport, Viet Nam Veterans For Peace Chapter 160 Member Chuck Palazzo arranged a tour of the Danang Airport Agent Orange Remediation site. It is a rare opportunity and the visit has to be cleared at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 VFP VietNam Tour, Agent Orange, Drones, Health, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP VietNam 2014 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged Agent Orange, Agent Orange Remediation, Bill Creighton, Chuck Palazzo, d, Da Nang, Danang, dioxin, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace Chapter 160, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, VietNam
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The Legacy of Agent Orange
By Paul Cox I did not look out the window of the Freedom Bird as it lifted off from the Da Nang airport in 1970. I had been there 18 months mostly as a grunt in the Corps. I never … Continue reading
Posted in Agent Orange, San Francisco, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans Building, Veterans For Peace, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged A Luoi, A Luoi (A Shau) Valley, Agent Orange, Agent Orange Collateral Damage, Bernard Fall, Da Dang hotspots, Da Nang, Freedom Bird, GI Guinea Pigs, H.R. 2634, Hanoi, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Marine, National Academy of Sciences, Pau Cox, Paul Cox, Paul Reutershan, Pentagon Papers, Phillip Jones Griffith, Public Law 102-4, San Francisco, USO, VA, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011, VietNam, Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign, Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Vung Tau
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2012 VFP Tour BlogLog: Thirteen
April 28, Saturday, Da Nang: Another light day, but also heavy. In the morning we drove to Mỹ Sơn ruins, one of the Cham people’s several religious and administrative centers built over many centuries throughout south and central Vietnam. The Cham … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 VFP VietNam Tour, Agent Orange, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans For Peace, VFP VietNam 2012 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged 2012 VFP Tour BlogLog, Agent Orange, Angkor Wat, battlefield, Bravo Company, Bravo Company First Battalion Fifth Marines, carpet bombing, Cham, Cham people, Cham people Vietnam, Da Nang, DMZ, guerrillas, Hindu, Hindu temple, Le Bac Ville, Marines, Mỹ Sơn, Minutemen, Paul Cox, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Viet Cong, Viet Cong guerrillas, VietNam, Vietnamese
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2012 VFP Tour BlogLog. Twelve.
April 27, Friday, Da Nang: Today was somewhat routine. First we met with Mr. Huynh Duc Tran, Chair of the Da Nang Union of Friendship Oranizations (DUFO) and Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen, Chief of International Cooperation Division of DUFO. … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 VFP VietNam Tour, Agent Orange, VFP VietNam 2012 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged 2012 VFP Tour BlogLog, 3d Marine Regiment, A Luoi, Agent Orange, AO, Da Nang, Da Nang Union of Friendship Oranizations, DUFO, Hoa’s Place, Huynh Duc Tran, Khe Sanh, Marble Mountain, Marble Mountain Air Facility, Marble Mountain Buddhist monastery, Mr. Hoa, Ms. Hien, Nguyen Thi Kim Tuyen, Paul Cox, Suel Jones, UXO, VC, Viet Cong
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2012 VFP Tour BlogLog. Eleven.
April 26, Da Nang: Another full but very interesting day. First, we were met by well-known chemist Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Tam at the Da Nang airport hotspot where we learned much new about the best-studied hotspot. Briefly, during the war, … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 VFP VietNam Tour, Agent Orange, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans For Peace, VFP VietNam 2012 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged 2012 VFP Tour BlogLog, Agent Orange, Air Force, Cambodia, Da Nang, Da Nang Association of Victims of Agent Orange, DAVA, dioxin, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Tam, fratricide, herbicide, Hill 34, Johnston Island, Laos, Ms. Hien, Operation Ranch Hand, Pacific, Sen Lake, South Vietnam, Tran Duc Nghia, Tran Thi Ti Nghia, Vietnamese Paul Cox
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2012 VFP Tour BlogLog. Ten.
April 25, Wednesday: A Luoi. This valley was a major battleground throughout much of the American War. Battles named Ashua Valley, Hill 888, and perhaps others I forget were fought there. The valley angles from northwest to southeast and was … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 VFP VietNam Tour, Agent Orange, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans For Peace, Veterans For Peace Chapters, VFP VietNam 2012 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged 2012 VFP Tour BlogLog, A Luoi, A Oi, A So, Agent Orange, Ashua Valley, Da Nang, defoliants, dioxin, Hill 888, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Laos, Paul Cox, South Vietnam, Special Forces bases, Vietnamese
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Ed Kashi: Agent Orange’s Enduring Legacy — UNICEF 2010 1st Prize Photo
Vietnam: The legacy of war The Vietnam War ended in 1975. The USA withdrew their troops and North and South Vietnam were reunited. After 35 years, the world no longer pays attention to the drama. But for the Vietnamese people … Continue reading