Meet
Vietnamese Survivors of Agent Orange.
Help Welcome Them & Hear Their Stories!
Photos from the DC Events!
Washington DC Events
Friday through
Monday 11/25-28/05
Some new photos added
ars do not end when
the bombs stop falling and the fighting ceases. The devastation
continues long after, in the land and in the minds and bodies of the
affected population. As part of healing the wounds of war, Vietnamese
survivors of Agent Orange, who still seek justice more than 30 years
after the end of the war, will be coming to the United States to meet
us.
Today, three million Vietnamese suffer the effects of
chemical defoliants used by the United States during the Vietnam War.
Tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers are also affected. The use of Agent
Orange has caused birth defects in hundreds of thousands of children in
Vietnam and the U.S. — the second and third generations of those who
were exposed to Agent Orange decades ago.
While U.S. veterans have received some measure of
compensation, after years of struggle, Vietnamese victims have not
received a single cent of compensation or humanitarian aid from the
U.S. government or the chemical manufacturers. Vietnamese citizens have
filed a lawsuit to hold the chemical companies responsible for the
manufacture of Agent Orange and to achieve justice.
For 30 days in November 2005 Agent Orange victims from
Vietnam will visit the U.S. at the invitation of veterans, Vietnamese
American and peace activists. This delegation includes:
The Call
ars do not end
when the bombs stop falling and the fighting ceases. The devastation
continues long after, in the land and in the minds and bodies of the
affected population. Today, three million Vietnamese suffer the effects of
chemical defoliants used by the United States during the Vietnam War.
In order to deny food and protection to those deemed to be "the enemy,"
the U.S. defoliated the forests of Vietnam with the deadly chemicals
Agent Orange, White, Blue, Pink, Green and Purple. Agent Orange, which
was contaminated with trace amounts of TCDD Dioxin — the most toxic
chemical known to science — disabled and sickened soldiers, civilians
and several generations of their offspring on two continents. With this
campaign, we seek to fulfill our responsibility by insisting that our
government honor its moral and legal responsibility to compensate the
Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. Read more.
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