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U.S. Ground Troops in South Vietnam Were in Areas Sprayed With Herbicide Orange

FPCD-80-23 Published: Nov 16, 1979. Publicly Released: Nov 16, 1979.
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From 1965 to 1970, the Department of Defense (DOD) sprayed 10.65 million gallons of Herbicide Orange in Vietnam. DOD considered the herbicide to be a low health hazard and took few precautions to prevent troops' exposure to it.

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