Admiral Zumwalt and Agent Orange
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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