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Admiral Zumwalt and Agent Orange

Admiral Zumwalt and Agent Orange

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Brenda Elthon
Aug 26, 2019
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Air Force C-123 aircraft sprays Agent Orange over a South Vietnamese jungle area in Operation Ranch Hand.

Navy Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., commanded ships, including the 50-foot shallow-draft aluminum vessels known as “swift boats,” that patrolled the inland rivers and coast of Vietnam [the “brown-water navy”]. While serving as commander of these inlan…

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