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The Nation: Lethal Legacy Of The Vietnam War
Fifty years after the first US troops came ashore at Da Nang, the Vietnamese are still coping with unexploded bombs and Agent Orange. George Black February 25, 2015 This article appeared in the March 16, 2015 edition of The Nation. ..”Ever … Continue reading
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Tagged Agent Orange, Chuck Searcy, Dan Nang, George Black, Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War, My Lai, Quang Tri Province, San Francisco, The Nation, unexploded bombs, UXO, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, vfpsf.wordpress.com
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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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Project Renew Update: PBS & Athens Georgia
U.S. Veteran leads clean-up of Vietnam War’s lethal remnants PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff, @judywoodruff November 20, 2014 There are still ongoing lethal consequences of the Vietnam War that ended in 1975. Undetonated “bomblets,” dropped by the U.S. military during … Continue reading
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Tagged Athens Banner Herald, Athens Georgia, bomb legacy, Chuck Searcy, Judy Woodruff, Lee Shearer, Mike Cerre, Online Athens, PBS News hour, Project Renew, unexploded ordnance, Unexploeded bombs, UXO, Veteran, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, VietNam, World War II
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VFP VietNam Tour 7: Khe Sanh UXO Explodes
Khe Sanh Quang Tri Province April 15, 2014 Mine Action Alert Wartime ordnance explosion severely injures ethnic coffee farmer near former U.S. Marine base at Khe Sanh Injuries to Lay’s right hand were so severe that doctors had to amputate it. … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 VFP VietNam Tour, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans, Veterans For Peace, VFP VietNam 2014 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged 40mm grenade, Arabica coffee, Bill Creighton, cluster bombs, Dong Ha City, Ho Lay, Ho Van Linh, Huong Hoa, Khe Sanh, Khe Sanh Combat Base, M79, Project Renew, Quang Tri, Quang Tri Province, Ruong Village, Ta Con Airstrip, Tram, Unexploeded Ordnance, UXO, Van Kieu, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, VietNam, Vietnam’s Arabica coffee
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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. Eight.
April 23, Monday: We drove from Hue to Dong Ha where we had a formal meeting with local officials of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO). We learned that 15.4 million tons of munitions were used during the war, and … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 VFP VietNam Tour, San Francisco Chapter, Veterans For Peace, VFP VietNam 2012 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged 2012 VFP Tour BlogLog, Ben Hai River, Chuck Searcy, Cu Chi tunnels, Dong Ha, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hue, Mine Action Visitor Center, Paul Cox, Project Renew, Quang Tri Province, unexploded ordnance, UXO, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf.wordpress.com, Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, Vinh Moc, VUFO
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2012 VFP Tour BlogLog. Three.
April 18, Wednesday: On our first full day, we first met with Mr. Nguyen Van Kein, Vice President of The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), and Mr. Bui Van Nghi of the Vietnam-U.S. Friendship Society. These types of meetings … 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, Alvarez, B-52, Bui Van Nghi, Hanoi, Hoa Lo prison, McCain, NGO, Paul Cox, unexploded ordnance, US POW, USFS, UXO, Veterans For Peace, VFP, vfpsf, vfpsf.wordpress.com, VietNam, Vietnamese, VUFO
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2012 VFP Tour BlogLog. One.
Showing Michael Marceau around SF as we killed time before the tour takes off tonight at 1:30 am. 13 hours to Taipei and another 3 hours to Hanoi. A redeye to redden any eye. Among the sights: some of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 VFP VietNam Tour, San Francisco Chapter, VFP VietNam 2012 Tour, Viet Nam, VietNam, Voices Of Veterans
Tagged 2012 VFP Tour BlogLog, Agent Orange, Alan Batten, AmVets, Archibald MacLeish, Charles Bonner, Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate National Cemetery, Hanoi, Hoa Binh, Jeanne Friedman, John Chadwick, Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, Michael Blecker, Michael Marceau, Paul Cox, Presidio, Robert Lindstrom, Trish Thompson, unexploded ordnance, UXO, Veterans Building, VFP Chapter 160, VietNam, Wage Peace
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